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MEMORIAL 

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SAMUEL  OILMAN  BROWN,  D.D.,  LLD. 


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SAMUEL  OILMAN  BROWN  was  born  at  North  Yarmouth,  Me., 
January  4,  1813  ;  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1831  ; 
was  teacher  in  the  High  School  at  Ellington,  Conn.,  from  1832  to 
1834,  and  Principal  of  Abbot  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  from 
1835  to  1838  ;  was  graduated  at  the  Andover  Theological  Semi- 
nary in  1837  ;  travelled  in  Europe  and  the  East  from  1838  to  1840; 
was  Professor  of  Oratory  and  Belles-Lettres  in  Dartmouth  College 
from  1840  to  1863,  and  of  Intellectual  Philosophy  and  Political 
Economy  from  1863  to  1867  ;  was  elected  seventh  President  of 
Hamilton  College,  November  6,  1866  ;  accepted,  and  entered,  in 
April,  1867,  upon  his  duties  in  the  Presidency  and  the  connected 
Walcott  Professorship  of  the  Evidences  of  Christianity  ;  was  in- 
augurated July  17,  1867  ;  laid  down  these  offices  in  June,  1881  ; 
was  Instructor  in  Intellectual  Philosophy  in  Hamilton  College 
from  January  to  April,  1882,  Instructor  in  Intellectual  and  Moral 
Philosophy  and  Political  Economy  in  Dartmouth  College  from 
April,  1882,  to  June,  1883,  and  Provisional  Professor  of  Mental 
and  Moral  Philosophy  in  Bowdoin  College  from  September,  1883, 
to  June,  1885. 

In  1827,  and  before  entering  college,  he  had  united  with  the 
Congregational  Church  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  from  whose  roll  his 
name  was  never  removed.  After  preaching  for  some  years  as  a 


4  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

licentiate,  he  was  ordained  to  the  Congregational  ministry  at 
Woodstock,  Vt.,  October  6,  1852  ;  he  was  a  member  of  the  White 
River  Association,  from  which  he  was  received  by  the  Presbytery 
of  Utica,  January  28,  1868;  he  retained  his  connection  with  this 
Presbytery  until  his  death.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Columbia  College  in  1852,  and  that  of 
Doctor  of  Laws  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1868. 

He  was  a  Trustee  of  Hamilton  College  from  1867  until  his 
death,  and  of  Auburn  Theological  Seminary  from  1872  to  1884, 
declining  re-election.  He  was  also  an  Honorary  Member  of  the 
American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions,  a  Life 
Director  of  the  American  Bible  Society  and  of  the  American  Tract 
Society,  a  member  of  the  Oneida  Historical  Society,  and  of  various 
other  organizations  with  whose  purposes  he  was  in  sympathy.  After 
his  death  the  announcement  was  received  of  his  election  as  an 
Honorary  Member  of  the  Northwestern  Literary  and  Historical 
Society  of  Iowa. 

He  was  married,  February  10,  1846,  to  Mrs.  Sarah  (Van  Vech- 
ten)  Savage,  widow  of  Professor  Edward  Savage,  A.M.,  of  Union 
College,  and  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Jacob  and  Catharine  Van 
Wyck  (Mason)  Van  Vechten,  of  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  who  survives 
him.  They  had  seven  children,  of  whom  five  are  still  living.  He 
died  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  November  4,  1885. 


On  Monday,  November  2d,  he  returned  to  Utica  from  a 
month's  visit  in  New  York.  He  had  always  enjoyed  the  life  and 
movement  of  a  great  city,  and  this  enjoyment  was  never  more 
manifest  than  during  these  weeks.  He  spent  them  chiefly  in  the 
companionship  of  his  sister — who  came  to  New  York  while  he  was 
there, — some  of  his  children,  and  other  near  relatives  ;  taking  the  op- 
portunity of  greater  leisure  than  had  often  fallen  to  his  lot  to  make 
excursions  to  neighboring  towns  also,  and  renew  old  friendships. 
Those  who  were  much  with  him  in  the  course  of  these  weeks  re- 
member the  cheerful  serenity  of  his  bearing,  the  simple  and  tender 
directness  of  his  affection,  his  quick  sympathy,  the  breadth  and 
geniality  of  his  interest  in  all  human  affairs,  the  openness  and  expect- 
ancy of  his  mind  toward  questions  which  were  occupying  the  thought 
of  scholars,  the  gentle  firmness  of  his  opinions  and  judgments,  his 


MEMORIAL.  5 

charity,  and  all  the  unassuming  and  even  unconscious  tokens  of 
the  hope  which  he  had  "as  an  anchor  of  the  soul."  These  were 
not  new  qualities  in  him,  but  they  seemed  riper,  and  the  whole  life 
more  rich  and  mellow  than  ever  before.  The  beauty  of  the  world 
was  still  a  fresh  delight  to  him.  "  I  think  I  never  had  so  unweari- 
some  a  ride  from  New  York,"  he  wrote,  on  reaching  his  journey's 
end,  to  one  from  whom  he  had  that  morning  parted ;  "  with  com- 
pany nothing  could  have  been  more  pleasant,  even  without,  it  was 
delightful.  The  sky  and  river,  mountains  and  valley,  were  beau- 
tiful, till  past  Albany.  Then  we  found  snow,  and  the  clouds  again 
came  about  us,  increasing  in  thickness  till  we  reached  Utica." — 
The  unseen  cloud  was  gathering  fast  over  the  heads  of  those  that 
loved  him. 

It  was  afterward  learned  that  when  he  left  New  York  he  had 
had  a  sense  of  oppression  in  the  chest.  He  had  felt  it  before,  and 
was  well  aware  that  it  might  denote  a  serious  affection  of  the  heart. 
On  Tuesday  it  had  rather  increased  than  diminished.  This  was  the 
day  of  the  State  election,  and  he  walked  half  a  mile  to  deposit  his 
ballots.  In  the  course  of  the  day  he  called  upon  his  physician, 
who,  after  a  thorough  examination,  recognized  the  gravity  of  the 
case,  but  hoped  that  the  immediate  danger  might  be  averted.  He 
returned  to  "  The  Waverly,"  which  for  four  years  had  been  to  him 
and  his  family  something  like  a  home,  spent  the  evening  in  writing 
letters  and  talking  cheerfully  with  his  wife  and  daughter,  and  re- 
tired at  his  usual  hour.  His  sleep  was  fitful,  and  when,  toward 
five  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  Wednesday,  November  4th,  he  was 
asked  if  the  night  had  not  seemed  long  to  him,  he  answered,  quietly 
and  gently,  "  Yes,  rather  long."  A  few  minutes  later,  peacefully, 
without  word  or  struggle,  he  ceased  to  breathe. 


Funeral  services  were  held  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  on  the  morning  of 
Friday,  November  6th. 

At  "  The  Waverly  "  a  few  verses  of  Scripture  were  read,  and 
prayer  was  offered  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Brown,  D.D.,  Pastor  of 
the  Westminster  Presbyterian  Church  of  Utica  ;  after  this,  at  half- 
past  nine  o'clock,  the  funeral  procession  moved  to  the  church  it- 
self. The  pall-bearers  were  the  Hon.  William  J.  Bacon,  LL.D., 
William  D.  Walcott,  Esq.,  Professor  Edward  North,  L.H.D.,  the 


6  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

Hon.  Ellis  H.  Roberts,  LL.D. — all  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
Hamilton  College,  and  Professor  North  a  member  of  the  Faculty, 
as  Well, — Professor  C.  H.  F.  Peters,  Ph.D.,  of  the  Faculty,  Dr.  M. 
M.  Bagg,  Dr.  John  P.  Gray,  and  the  Hon.  John  F.  Seymour.  The 
Rev.  Henry  Darling,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  President  of  Hamilton  College, 
and  all  the  remaining  members  of  the  Faculty,  other  members  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  a  large  company  of  kindred  and  friends 
gathered  in  the  church. 

As  the  procession  entered  the  choir  sang : 

"  Blessed  are  the  dead  that  die  in  the  Lord." 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  J.  Brown,  Pastor,  the  Rev.  Professor  A. 
G.  Hopkins,  of  Hamilton  College,  the  Rev.  Isaac  S.  Hartley,  D.D., 
Pastor  of  the  Reformed  Church,  Utica,  and  the  Rev.  Thomas  B. 
Hudson,  D.D.,  Pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Clinton,  N.  Y., 
occupied  the  pulpit. 

Dr.  T.  J.  Brown  read,  as  the  Scripture  lesson,  i  Corinthians  xv. 
20-58  ;  Dr.  Hartley  offered  prayer ;  Dr.  Hudson  announced  the 
hymn,  which  was  sung  by  the  choir  : 

"  Sun  of  my  soul,  thou  Saviour  dear." 

An  address,  full  of  delicate  appreciation  and  sympathy,  was 
delivered  by  Professor  Hopkins.*  At  the  close  of  the  address 
Dr.  T.  J.  Brown  announced  the  hymn,  which  was  sung  by  the 
choir : 

"  Asleep  in  Jesus  !  blessed  sleep." 

Prayer  was  then  offered  by  the  Pastor,  who  concluded  the  ser- 
vice with  the  benediction. 


An  urgent  request  came  from  the  Faculty  of  Hamilton  College, 
that  the  burial  of  Dr.  BROWN  might  take  place  in  the  College 
Cemetery  there.  It  seemed  fitting,  however,  that  he  should  be 
laid  at  rest  with  his  kindred  in  the  earlier  home. 

Funeral  services  were  held  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  on  Sunday,  No- 
vember 8th,  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  From  a  house 

*  This  address  is  printed  in  full  on  pp.  9  sqq. 


MEMORIAL.  7 

whose  doors,  with  most  delicate  and  affectionate  kindness,  had 
been  opened  to  receive  his  mortal  remains,  the  casket  was  borne 
to  the  College  Church  by  friends  and  former  colleagues,  this  being 
their  own  desire. 

The  bearers  were  Elihu  T.  Quimby,  A.M.,  formerly  Professor  of 
Mathematics  in  Dartmouth  College  ;  the  Hon.  James  W.  Patter- 
son, LL.D.,  formerly  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  of  Astronomy  ; 
and  Professors  John  K.  Lord,  A.M.,  John  H.  Wright,  A.M., 
Charles  F.  Emerson,  A.M.,  and  Louis  Pollens,  A.M. 

The  church  was  filled  with  friends  from  the  College  and  the 
village.  In  the  pulpit  were  the  Rev.  Samuel  C.  Bartlett,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  President  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  the  Rev.  S.  P.  Leeds, 
D.D.,  Pastor  of  the  College  Church. 

At  the  opening  of  the  service  the  choir,  consisting  of  Miss  Sarah 
L.  Smith,  Mrs.  F.  A.  Sherman,  Mr.  E.  S.  Hill,  and  Mr.  C.  L. 
Jenks,  accompanied  by  Mr.  G.  W.  Glass,  organist,  sang  the  hymn  : 

"  Jesus,  lover  of  my  soul." 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Leeds  read,  as  the  Scripture  lesson,  John  xiv. 
and  other  passages,  and  then  announced  the  following  hymn,  which 
was  sung  by  the  choir  : 

"  In  vain  our  fancy  strives  to  paint 

The  moment  after  death, 
The  glories  that  surround  the  saint 
When  he  resigns  his  breath. 

"  One  gentle  sigh  his  fetters  breaks ; 
We  scarce  can  say,  '  He's  gone,' 
Before  the  willing  spirit  takes 
Her  mansion  near  the  throne. 

"  Faith  strives,  but  all  its  efforts  fail, 
To  trace  her  heavenward  flight ; 
No  eye  can  pierce  within  the  veil 
Which  hides  that  world  of  light. 

"  Thus  much  (and  this  is  all)  we  know, 

They  are  supremely  blest ; 
Have  done  with  sin,  and  care,  and  woe, 
And  with  their  Saviour  rest." 


8  SAMUEL   OILMAN  BROWN. 

A  comprehensive  and  impressive  address  was  then  delivered 
by  President  Bartlett,*  and  was  followed  by  a  few  tender  and 
fitting  remarks  \  from  Dr.  Leeds.  President  Bartlett  then  an- 
nounced the  following  hymn,  which  was  sung  by  the  choir : 

"  Sleep  thy  last  sleep  ! 

Free  from  care  and  sorrow ; 
Rest,  where  none  weep, 

Till  th'  eternal  morrow  : 
Though  dark  waves  roll 

O'er  the  silent  river, 
Thy  fainting  soul 

Jesus  can  deliver. 

"  Life's  dream  is  past ; 

All  its  sin  and  sadness  ; 
Brightly  at  last 

Dawns  the  day  of  gladness. 
Under  thy  sod, 

Earth,  receive  our  treasure, 
To  rest  in  God  ! 

Waiting  all  his  pleasure. 

"  Though  we  may  mourn 

Those  in  life  the  dearest, 
They  shall  return, 

Christ,  when  thou  appearest ! 
Soon  shall  thy  voice 

Comfort  those  now  weeping, 
Bidding  rejoice 

All  in  Jesus  sleeping." 

The  closing  prayer  was  offered  and  the  benediction  pronounced 
by  Dr.  Leeds. 

After  the  services  .in  the  church  the  interment  took  place  in 
the  village  cemetery. 

*  This  address  is  given  in  full,  pp.  17  sqq. 
f  An  abstract  is  given,  pp.  22  sq. 


I. 


ADDRESS     BY    THE     REV.    PROFESSOR     A.     G. 
HOPKINS,    OF     HAMILTON     COLLEGE, 

WESTMINSTER  CHURCH,  UTICA,  N.  Y.,  NOVEMBER  6, 

1885. 


A  GRACIOUS  presence,  a  beloved  companion  and  friend, 
has  gone  from  us.  Our  lips  are  dumb,  our  hearts  are  torn 
with  grief,  and  tears  are  the  only  response  which  we  can 
make  in  this  bewilderment  of  sorrow.  The  suddenness  of 
the  event  has  almost  stunned  us.  It  seems  but  yesterday 
that  he  was  with  us,  on  our  streets,  in  our  homes,  apparently 
in  the  full  tide  of  health, — the  same  genial  greeting  and 
friendly  word,  the  same  cheerfulness  and  hearty  enjoyment 
in  life  and  in  work, — and  with  plans  for  an  active  future. 
Surely  if  any  man  seemed  entitled  to  long  life  and  length 
of  days  it  was  he,  with  a  temper  so  gentle  and  even, — lead- 
ing a  life  so  quiet  and  unruffled,  so  full  of  peace  within  and 
peace  without  that  there  seemed  no  place  for  that  friction 
which  sometimes  causes  the  delicate  machinery  of  life  to 
jar  or  to  cease  its  action.  These  meetings  and  greetings — 
the  refined  and  gentle  face,  the  sunshine  of  his  presence, 
the  wisdom  of  his  speech — are  but  memories  now.  In  a 
moment,  by  an  euthanasia  which  doubtless  he  himself  would 
have  chosen,  that  beautiful  life  was  closed. 

In  a  sermon  which  was  preached  by  Dr.  BROWN,  in  the 
Chapel  of  Hamilton  College,  on  the  death  of  Albert  Barnes 
(after  referring  to  Dr.  Barnes*  reunion  with  friends  of  col- 


10  SAMUEL  OILMAN   BROWN. 

lege  days  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  in  the  summer  of  1870),  there 
occur  these  words  : 

"  Scarcely  five  months  had  passed  when  one  of  the  most  noted  of 
this  group,  apparently  in  quite  his  usual  health  and  vigor,  walked  out 
of  a  Saturday  to  visit  a  friend,  entered  his  house,  sat  down  with  an 
expression  of  fatigue  or  slight  distress,  and  instantly,  as  we  may  say, 
was  forever  at  rest.  A  very  touching  petition  in  the  Litany  is  the 
prayer  that  we  may  be  delivered  from  sudden  death,  i.e.,  says  one 
writer,  from  death  for  which  we  are  not  prepared.  Were  the  steps  of 
that  good  man  specially  ordered  as  he  breasted  the  strong,  cold  wind, 
and  so  induced  that  overaction  which  was  too  much  for  a  frame  less 
vigorous  than  it  seemed  ?  Perhaps  it  was  even  so  ;  and  his  prayer 
was  answered  that  some  disease  '  not  tardy  to  perform  its  destined 
office,  yet  with  gentle  stroke,'  might  remove  him  ;  and  he  was  merci- 
fully spared  the  suffering  and  anticipation  of  death  which  it  is  said  he 
feared.  To  his  family  and  friends  the  shock  was  of  course  terrible  ; 
but  with  him  that  immediate  and  painless  transition  must  have  been 
of  the  nature  of  a  glorious  surprise.  His  lips  were  hardly  silent  upon 
earth  before  he  caught  the  language  of  another  world." 

Were  these  words  written  by  Dr.  BROWN  in  unconscious 
anticipation  of  the  kind  of  death  which  he  himself  thought 
most  desirable  and  happy  ?  In  writing  afterward  of  Dr. 
Barnes'  death  he  speaks  of  it  as  ''a  life  so  suddenly  ended, 
I  think  I  may  say  so  happily  ended."  With  slight  change 
of  circumstances  and  with  change  of  name  Dr.  BROWN  has 
described  in  these  words,  written  fifteen  years  ago,  his  own 
sudden  and  painless  death.  A  return  from  a  pleasant  visit 
with  his  children,  a  happy  reunion  with  his  family,  a  slight 
sense  of  uneasiness  without  positive  distress  or  pain,  a  night 
of  rest,  a  question  toward  daybreak,  and,  without  time  even 
to  hear  the  reply,  his  spirit  had  departed.  Verily  to  him, 
as  to  Dr.  Barnes,  "that  immediate  and  painless  transition 
must  have  been  of  the  nature  of  a  glorious  surprise."  What 
constitutes  to  us  perhaps  a  large  part  of  the  bitterness  of 
our  grief  was  certainly  to  him  the  happiest  feature  of  his 
release.  He  has  gone  upon  a  journey  which  he  had  long 
and  calmly  contemplated,  and  of  which  I  believe  he  had  no 
dread.  In  the  graces  of  his  Christian  character  he  had 


MEMORIAL.  1 1 

beautifully  ripened  into  fitness  for  that  change,  and  in  the 
last  moments  of  his  life  his  heart  was  unruffled.  By  a 
blessed  transformation,  which,  I  am  sure,  we  all  might  envy 
him,  in  a  moment  "  he  was  not,  for  God  had  taken  him." 
We  grieve  that  he  was  instantly  cut  off,  in  the  maturity  of 
his  powers — when  the  judgment  was  never  so  sound,  when 
the  heart  throbbed  with  tenderest  affections  ;  when  the 
mind  in  full  vigor  was  gathering  its  ample  forces  for  new 
excursions  in  the  realm  of  letters.  Is  it  not  rather  an  occa- 
sion for  gratitude  that,  after  a  career  of  great  usefulness  and 
honor,  he  passed  peacefully  to  his  reward  in  the  full  posses- 
sion of  his  powers  ? 

In  that  memorable  discourse  which  Dr.  BROWN  delivered 
in  this  pulpit,  on  the  8th  of  February,  1874,  on  the  character 
and  the  public  services  of  Dr.  Fisher,  he  recited  briefly,  and  in 
language  which  none  but  he  could  command,  the  touching 
and  pathetic  story  of  the  closing  years  of  the  life  of  that  dis- 
tinguished man,  his  own  predecessor  in  the  Presidency  of 
Hamilton  College.  "  The  darkened  understanding  (I  quote 
from  that  discourse)  emerged  again  into  the  light — or  rather 
into  a  dim,  unchangeable  twilight.  The  weeks  and  months 
as  they  passed  brought  no  return  of  the  thick  darkness, 
but  neither  did  they  bring  the  clear  day.  It  became  evi- 
dent after  a  while  that  the  work  of  that  busy  and  over- 
wrought brain  was  done  ;  that  no  more  burdens  could  be 
laid  upon  it,  no  more  tasks  accomplished."  Are  we  wrong 
in  counting  those  happy  who  fall  even  with  armor  on  and 
equipped  for  further  usefulness,  as  compared  with  the  death 
in  life  of  a  shattered  and  darkened  intellect  ?  Are  we  wrong, 
in  view  of  the  possible  infirmities  of  advancing  age,  when  we 
count  our  friend  happy  in  the  time  and  manner  of  his  death  ? 
A  beautiful  life  had  been  well  rounded  out ;  a  life  abound- 
ing in  pure  and  gracious  influences  was  moving  on  toward 
the  inevitable  infirmities  of  age ;  an  eminently  useful  and 
permanent  work  had  been  accomplished.  There  is  an  ele- 
ment of  mercy  even  in  these  bitter  experiences  of  life,  and 
though  the  sorrows  which  we  suffer  seem  the  heaviest  of  all, 


12  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

yet  God  is  good  as  well  as  wise  when  He  does  not  leave  to 
us  the  ordering  of  our  days. 

This  is  not  the  place  for,  nor  does  time  admit,  any 
detailed  analysis  of  Dr.  BROWN'S  character.  Indeed,  his 
development  was  so  symmetrical  that  it  is  impossible  to 
seize  upon  this  or  that  trait  as  pre-eminently  characteristic. 
There  was  a  fulness  and  completeness  in  his  composition. 
Birth  and  inheritance  had  done  much  for  him  ;  contact  in 
life  and  letters  with  noble  minds  had  added  a  rare  refine- 
ment to  his  life ;  and  to  this  was  added  the  crowning  glory 
of  a  truly  Christian  spirit.  Indeed,  there  must  have  been 
a  happy  combination  of  inherited  and  acquired  gifts,  of 
graces  of  mind  and  of  heart,  to  produce  this  singularly  gra- 
cious, scholarly,  and  cultivated  man.  Those  who  knew  him 
best  were  often  in  doubt  as  to  what  they  most  admired 
in  him  ;  whether  it  were  his  qualities  of  heart  or  of  mind  ; 
whether  it  were  the  genial  and  affectionate  companion  or 
the  learned  and  scholarly  man.  But  certainly  in  him  mind 
and  heart  had  combined  to  produce  that  rare  but  beautiful 
flower  of  our  civilization — a  thoroughly  cultivated  Christian 
gentleman. 

No  one  could  see  much  of  Dr.  BROWN  without  being 
impressed  with  the  amiableness  and  gentleness  of  his  char- 
acter. Every  bitter  ingredient  seemed  omitted  from  his 
composition.  Nor  was  this  merely  the  result  of  broad 
culture,  which  ofttimes  smoothes  away  the  sharp  edges  of 
life  and  gives  even  to  rough  natures  a  philosophic  calm. 
The  foundation  of  these  qualities  in  him  was  a  good  heart. 
Goodness,  charity,  a  broad  sympathy  with  men  were  rul- 
ing features  in  his  life.  He  was  utterly  incapable  of  narrow 
prejudice  or  bitter  enmity.  Though  his  opinions  were 
clearly  defined,  and  his  convictions  positive,  he  was  neither 
by  nature  nor  practice  a  controversialist.  He  had  no  fond- 
ness for  the  strife  of  words.  In  the  quiet  and  affection  of 
the  home  circle,  or  in  the  society  of  friends,  his  genial  nature 
found  contentment  and  rest.  He  was  generous  and  warm 
in  his  attachments  ;  there  was  nothing  cautious  or  calculat- 


MEMORIAL.  13 

ing  in  his  friendships.  This  gentleness,  or  Christian  self- 
control,  manifested  itself  in  all  the  relations  of  life.  Though 
passing  most  of  his  life  as  an  instructor,  a  career  in  which 
there  may  be  danger  of  developing  dogmatic  tendencies,  he 
was  uniformly  courteous  and  tolerant  toward  the  opinions 
of  others,  a  courtesy  and  tolerance  which  were  perhaps  in 
part  the  fruit  of  his  wide  knowledge  of  letters  and  men. 
The  bitter  speech,  the  sharp  retort,  though  doubtless  some- 
times deserved,  were  never  heard  from  him.  Those  who 
knew  him  well  and  saw  him  much,  even  in  times  of  trial 
and  provocation,  affirm  that  he  never  was  betrayed  into 
speech  or  conduct  which  could  wound  the  feelings  of  an- 
other, or  which  could  occasion  himself  regret.  These  quali- 
ties of  mind  and  heart,  too  rare  in  our  age,  we  do  well  to 
emphasize  and  emulate.  Kindred  with  this  was  a  love  of 
truth,  an  open,  manly  directness  in  speech  and  action  which 
won  the  confidence  and  respect  of  all.  No  one  ever  doubted 
or  impugned  his  motives.  He  was  utterly  devoid  of  arti- 
fice. His  utterance  was  fortified  by  his  character,  and 
carried  with  it  all  the  weight  of  an  earnest  Christian  life. 

His  sympathies  in  the  world  of  art  were  as  broad  as  his 
sympathies  with  men.  No  branch  of  learning  was  beneath 
or  beyond  the  range  of  his  interest.  His  love  and  percep- 
tion of  the  beautiful  were  naturally  keen  and  delicate,  and 
that  love  had  been  strengthened  and  cultivated  by  study, 
by  travel,  and  by  intercourse  with  art  in  its  varied  forms. 
His  love  of  nature  was  also  marked.  He  saw  her  beauties 
and  drew  lessons  from  her  various  forms  which  were  full 
of  wisdom  and  instruction.  All  of  these  things  indicate  a 
nature  many-sided,  with  manifold  avenues  open  to  the 
outer  world.  He  received  the  message  of  science,  of  let- 
ters, of  art,  and  he  sent  it  out  again  to  eager,  inquiring 
minds  clothed  in  the  beautiful  or  the  stately  garb  of  an 
English  prose  which  was  the  delight  and  the  despair  of  all 
who  listened. 

But  wide  as  were  his  sympathies  and  broad  as  was  his 
learning,  Dr.  BROWN'S  pre-eminence  doubtless  was  as  a 


14  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

man  of  letters.  His  familiarity  with  all  that  was  best  in 
literature  of  the  past  and  present  was  wide  and  varied. 
His  excursions  in  these  fields  were  delightful  and  instruc- 
tive. No  one  who  has  ever  heard  his  lectures  upon  the 
English  statesmen,  or  orators,  or  poets,  can  ever  forget  the 
charm  of  that  pen  or  the  enjoyment  of  that  hour.  In  his 
hands  the  English  language  was  an  instrument  of  wonder- 
ful flexibility  and  power.  He  had  sounded  its  depths 
and  tested  its  strength  as  few  men  of  this  generation  have 
done. 

To  listen  to  those  wonderful  discourses  upon  Pitt,  or 
Burke,  or  Fox,  or  to  tread  with  him  the  path  of  English 
letters  from  Chaucer  down  through  the  centuries,  was  a  rev- 
elation of  the  power,  richness,  and  beauty  of  our  English 
speech.  His  array  of  facts  was  masterly,  his  presentation 
of  the  subject  exhaustive,  while  over  all  he  threw  that 
marvellous  grace  of  speech  which  made  all  his  discourses 
models  of  chaste  and  elegant  composition.  He  turned  his 
pen  to  many  different  kinds  of  composition,  and  with  sim- 
ple truth  we  say  of  him  :  "  He  touched  no  subject  which 
he  did  not  adorn."  His  sermons,  whether  delivered  in  the 
College  Chapel  or  on  occasions  of  public  interest,  were  al- 
ways rich  in  thought,  stimulating  in  their  spiritual  tone,  and 
elegant  in  form.  For  a  young  man  to  have  heard  his  dis- 
courses, at  intervals,  during  a  period  of  four  years,  was 
almost  a  liberal  education. 

In  the  more  difficult  field  of  metaphysical  inquiry,  his 
studies  were  equally  thorough, his  discourses  equally  instruc- 
tive and  luminous.  His  mind  seemed  admirably  fitted  to 
deal  with  the  abstract  ideas  and  subtle  distinctions  of  mental 
science.  When  following  his  guidance  here,  one  argued  that 
he  should  never  leave  the  chair  of  the  instructor ;  when 
hearing  his  admirable  discourses,  one  was  equally  convinced 
that  his  sphere  was  pre-eminently  the  pulpit  and  the  plat- 
form. In  all  his  public  addresses  he  was  singularly  happy. 
Such  discourses  as  those  already  referred  to — on  Dr. 
Barnes  and  Dr.  Fisher,  or  the  later  one  on  the  life  of  Mr. 


MEMORIAL.  15 

Marsh — were  received  with  universal  favor,  and  two  of  them 
at  least  he  was  called  upon  to  repeat  on  several  different 
occasions.  His  delicate  sense  of  propriety,  and  of  what  was 
suitable  to  time  and  place,  led  him  always  to  say  what 
seemed  exactly  the  right  thing,  so  that  one  who  knew  and 
admired  him  said  :  "  Dr.  BROWN  never  makes  a  mistake." 
It  is  possible,  as  has  been  said,  that  the  highest  honor  of 
his  life  came  to  him  with  the  Presidency  of  Hamilton  Col- 
lege. Yet  he  bore  his  honors  so  quietly  that  apparently  no 
station  seemed  too  high,  nor  any  useful  station  too  low. 
For  fifteen  years  he  adorned  that  honorable  position  by  his 
virtues  and  his  learning.  He  has  left  the  impress  of  his  life 
and  character  upon  all  who  knew  him.  During  that  period 
five  hundred  young  men  shared  his  instruction  and  were 
moulded,  to  some  degree,  by  his  influence.  As  a  citizen,  as 
a  neighbor,  as  a  colleague,  his  name  in  yonder  little  village 
and  in  that  institution  of  learning  will  be  held  in  honored 
and  loving  remembrance.  He  has  left  his  monument  in 
human  hearts,  more  enduring  than  any  sculptured  column. 
Our  poor  words  can  do  him  no  honor.  The  truest  tribute 
to  his  memory  would  be  to  imitate  his  virtues  ;  to  repro- 
duce the  gentleness  of  his  life,  its  sterling  integrity,  its 
Christian  meekness,  and  to  try  to  diffuse  through  the  life 
which  is  about  us  those  gracious  elements  of  character 
which  we  have  admired  in  our  departed  friend. 

And  to  you,  my  Christian  friends,  I  need  surely  speak 
no  word  of  counsel  or  of  comfort.  You  were  the  members 
of  his  household.  The  faith  which  he  shared  was  your  faith 
also.  The  blessed  hopes  of  immortality  which  he  indulged 
are  also  yours.  What  we  vaguely  speak  of  as  the  other 
world,  as  friend  after  friend  departs,  comes  finally  to  be  the 
world  in  which  our  thoughts  tarry  with  the  greatest  interest. 
That  world  is  no  other  world  to  him.  It  is  the  world  in 
which  much  of  his  life  had  been  spent ;  the  world  of  spiritual 
influence,  of  pure  thought,  of  useful  and  innocent  activities, 
of  holy  desires,  of  service  to  God  and  to  man.  You  have 
all  the  consolations  which  may  come  from  the  memory  of  a 


16  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

good  life  usefully  spent  and  peacefully  ended  in  the  hopes 
of  a  glorious  immortality. 

It  certainly  was  a  blessed  privilege,  and  one  hardly  to 
be  expected,  that  so  many  of  you  should  have  seen  his  face 
and  enjoyed  his  presence  so  shortly  before  his  death.  Had 
a  kind  Heavenly  Father  graciously  ministered  to  your  desire 
in  this  regard,  as  perhaps  He  did,  you  could  hardly  have 
asked  for  more  at  His  hands.  He  has  gone  to  no  strange 
country.  Surely  there  were  beckoning  hands  and  loving 
voices  on  that  other  shore  to  give  him  greeting.  Let  us 
not  mourn  our  pious  and  sainted  dead  as  though  some 
great  calamity  had  befallen  them.  What  he  said  of  another 
was  doubtless  true  of  him  :  "  Hardly  had  his  ear  lost  the 
accents  of  this  world  when  it  caught  the  language  of  an- 
other world."  His  memory,  his  virtues,  his  Christian  char- 
acter are  your  priceless  legacy. 

"  His  life  was  gentle  ;  and  the  elements 

So  mixed  in  him  that  Nature  might  stand  up, 
And  say  to  all  the  world,  '  This  was  a  man  ! ' ' 


II. 


ADDRESS  BY  THE  REV.  S.  C.  BARTLETT,   D.D., 
LL.D.,  PRESIDENT  OF  DARTMOUTH  COLLEGE, 

IN  THE  COLLEGE  CHURCH,  HANOVER,  N.  H.,  NOVEM- 
BER 8,  1885. 

WE  have  come  hither  to  pay  our  tribute  of  respect  to  a 
well-rounded  character,  a  long,  useful,  and  honored  life,  and 
to  a  history  closely,  not  to  say  centrally,  related  to  Dart- 
mouth College. 

Eighty-four  years  ago  Francis  Brown, *  the  father  of 
SAMUEL  OILMAN  BROWN,  came  as  a  student  to  this  in- 
stitution ;  and  during  somewhat  more  than  half  the  time 
that  has  since  elapsed  some  member  of  that  family  has  been 
here  as  student,  Professor,  or  President — indeed,  jointly 
and  separately,  for  more  than  half  a  century.  The  father, 
raised  up  by  a  good  Providence  for  a  special  work,  ten 
years  after  his  graduation  was  elected  President  of  the  in- 
stitution in  the  critical  time  of  its  history,  and  went  through 
the  stormy  struggle  with  the  Legislature  and  the  Judiciary 
of  New  Hampshire  for  the  chartered  rights  and  existence 
of  the  College.  A  man  of  singular  attractiveness  of  spirit 
and  of  remarkable  skill  and  ability,  he  accomplished  his  try- 
ing task,  but  sank  under  its  terrible  burden  and  strain. 
He  saved  the  College,  and  lost  his  life.  His  wife  survived 
for  many  years,  to  train  her  son  in  his  father's  ways  and 

*  See  Appendix  IL 


1 8  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

traits,  and  to  witness,  in  her  old  age,  his  well-earned  honors. 
Some  of  us  here  remember  her  well,  and  her  rare  excellence 
of  mind  and  manner,  of  heart  and  life.* 

The  child  of  such  a  noble  parentage,  SAMUEL  GlLMAN 
BROWN  came  to  this  place  a  boy  two  years  of  age.  Here 
he  completed  his  College  course  at  the  age  of  eighteen. 
Hither,  nine  years  later,  he  returned  to  be  for  twenty-seven 
consecutive  years  in  the  Professor's  chair.  After  some  four- 
teen years  in  the  Presidency  of  Hamilton  College,  hither  he 
returned  to  give  us  two  more  years  of  his  pleasant  society  and 
ripened  experience  as  an  instructor  ;  and  nearly  if  not  quite 
the  last  of  his  correspondence  was  directed  to  this  place, 
and  concerned  the  College  that  he  loved  so  well.  Here, 
continuously  or  at  intervals,  for  nearly  seventy  years  his  face 
and  form  were  a  familiar  sight ;  here  his  hospitable  mansion 
was  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  an  attractive 
resort  ;  here  he  formed  and  maintained  life-long,  unbroken 
friendships  ;  here  he  gained  a  wide  circle  of  literary  ac- 
quaintance, and  established  an  enviable  reputation  ;  and 
here  more  than  fifteen  hundred  graduates  passed  under  his 
moulding  hand.  To  this  place  he  always  turned  with  an 
enthusiasm  that  grew  with  his  advancing  years.  He  dwelt, 
in  his  later  days,  upon  this  scenery  around  us  with  more 
than  youthful  delight ;  and  so  deep-seated  was  his  interest 
in  this,  his  childhood's  and  manhood's  home,  that  he  said 
he  loved  the  very  stones  in  its  streets.  To  this  place  he 
longingly  looked  as  the  home  of  his  declining  years,  and 
here  to-day  he  finds  his  last  resting-place  on  earth. 

Dr.  BROWN'S  life  was  connected  with  some  of  the  best 
days  and  best  men  that  the  College  has  ever  seen.  He  was 
associated  with  those  two  men,  rare  in  their  different  ways, 
alike  in  fervor  of  piety,  Presidents  Lord  and  Smith — the  one 
massive  in  character,  deep  and  speculative  in  thought,  the 
other  active,  enterprising,  versatile,  and  genial ;  with  the 
ourtly  and  accomplished  Haddock,  of  Websterian  blood 

*  See  Appendix  III. 


MEMORIAL.  19 

and  reserved  power  ;  with  the  earnest  and  clean-cut  mathe- 
matician Chase  ;  with  Long,  that  acutest  of  metaphysicians 
and  kindliest  of  men  ;  with  Alpheus  Crosby,  unsurpassed  in 
the  country,  in  his  day,  for  his  knowledge  of  the  Greek  lan- 
guage and  literature  ;  with  Putnam,  model  of  all  that  was 
lovely  in  spirit,  and  broad  and  high  in  culture  ;  with  Young, 
the  admirable  father  and  his  distinguished  son  ;  and  with  other 
men  of  like  intellect  and  power,  still  among  the  living,  whom 
therefore  I  will  not  mention,  except  to  speak  of  the  ency- 
clopaedic Sanborn,  then  robust  and  stimulating,  now  tot- 
tering on  the  utmost  verge  of  life.  These  were  the  men 
with  whom  he  found  his  sympathetic  sphere  of  literary 
labor. 

Dr.  BROWN'S  literary  productiveness  commenced  soon 
after  the  close  of  his  theological  studies  at  Andover  Semi- 
nary. A  review  of  the  great  preacher,  Thomas  Chalmers,  in 
the  "  Biblical  Repository,"  first  displayed  to  the  public  the 
drift  of  his  character,  the  clearness  of  his  discernment,  and 
the  vigor  of  his  style.  At  the  age  of  twenty-four  he  was  a 
man  of  mark,  and  three  years  later  he  was  installed  in  the 
Professor's  chair. 

To  follow  his  long  and  successful  career  this  is  not  the 
time  or  place.  The  best  indications  alike  of  his  own  instinc- 
tive sympathies  and  of  the  general  estimate  of  his  literary 
qualities  may  be  found  in  the  fact  that  he  was  the  man 
selected  to  edit  the  works  and  write  the  life  of  that  eminent 
genius,  Rufus  Choate  ;  to  deliver  the  Historical  Oration  of 
Dartmouth  College  at  its  hundredth  anniversary ;  to  pro- 
nounce before  the  Alumni  at  Chicago  the  centennial  birth- 
day discourse  on  the  great  statesman,  Daniel  Webster  ;  and, 
again,  to  give  the  Memorial  Address  and  write  the  life  of 
that  distinguished  scholar,  George  Perkins  Marsh.  These 
are  specimens.  The  full  details  of  his  literary  labors — 
Lowell  Lectures,  public  orations,  sermons  in  many  a  pul- 
pit, essays,  baccalaureates,  lectures  in  the  class-room,  faith- 
ful services  in  the  Presidency  at  Hamilton  College,  and 
the  unfinished  literary  task  of  his  closing  days — must  be 


2O  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

written  by  some  loving  hand  as  skilful  in  characterization 
as  his  own. 

It  might  seem  presumptuous  in  me,  though  I  had  been 
brought  in  contact  with  Dr.  BROWN  at  times  for  more  than 
forty  years,  to  attempt  even  an  outline  of  his  character  in 
the  presence  of  those  who  have  known  him  so  much  more 
intimately.  But  to  me  he  seemed  a  Puritan  without  ascet- 
icism or  ostentation,  a  scholar  of  broad  and  cultivated  taste, 
a  companion  both  thoughtful  and  playful,  an  observer  of 
men  both  watchful  and  kind,  a  man  self-poised  and  self- 
contained,  without  repulsions,  and  of  spirit  cheerful  and 
hopeful,  a  friend  of  many  and  an  enemy  of  none.  Of  his 
life  in  the  home  circle  it  does  not  become  me  to  speak. 
Notably  enough,  one  of  the  last  acts  of  his.  life  was  an  act 
of  twofold  filial  affection.  Less  than  forty  hours  before  his 
death  I  received  from  him  a  letter  completing  the  arrange- 
ment for  a  memorial  window  to  his  honored  father  in  the 
new  Chapel  of  his  beloved  Alma  Mater. 

Indeed,  I  know  not  how  I  can  more  clearly  set  before 
you  the  inner  spirit  and  outer  exhibition  of  the  man,  the 
scholar,  the  thinker,  and  the  Christian  teacher,  than  as  ex- 
emplified in  one  of  his  ardent  utterances  at  that  centennial 
of  the  College.  Shall  I  read  those  weighty  sentences,  hard 
by  the  place  where  they  were  uttered,  and  before  the  silent 
tongue  that  uttered  them  shall  have  passed  away  from  this 
house  where  so  often  it  has  been  heard  ?  After  his  rapid 
sketch  of  the  history  of  the  College,  and  before  his  clear 
characterization  of  the  intellectual  breadth  and  vigorous 
mental  gymnastics  of  the  curriculum  on  which  such  a  body 
of  Alumni  have  been  trained  to  their  manly  work,  he  thus 
utters  himself  on  its  great  central  force  : 

"  As  the  motto  on  its  [the  College's]  seal  indicated  and  expressed  the 
religious  purpose  of  its  founders,  so  this  purpose  never  has  been  lost 
sight  of.  Through  lustrum  after  lustrum  and  generation  after  genera- 
tion, while  classes  have  succeeded  classes,  while  one  corps  of  instruc- 
tors have  passed  away  and  others  have  taken  their  places,  the  high 
purpose  of  presenting  and  enforcing  the  vital  and  essential  truths  of 


MEMORIAL.  21 

the  Christian  religion  has  never  been  forgotten  or  neglected.  The 
power  of  Christianity  in  modifying,  inspiring,  and  directing  the  ener- 
gies of  modern  civilization — its  art,  its  literature,  its  commerce,  its 
laws,  and  its  government — has  been  profoundly  felt.  Nor  has  it  been 
for  a  moment  forgotten  that  education,  to  be  truly  and  in  the  largest 
sense  beneficent,  must  also  be  religious  ;  must  affect  that  which  is 
deepest  in  man  ;  must  lead  him,  if  it  can,  to  the  contemplation  of 
truths  most  personal,  central,  and  essential  ;  must  open  to  him  some 
of  those  depths  where  the  soul  swings  almost  helplessly  in  the  midst  of 
experiences  and  powers  unfathomable  and  infinite,  where  the  intel- 
lect falters  and  hesitates,  and  finds  no  solution  till  it  yields  to  faith. 
Within  later  years  there  have  been  those  who  have  advocated  the 
doctrine  that  education  should  be  entirely  secular,  that  the  college 
should  have  nothing  to  do  with  religious  counsels  or  advice.  Now, 
while  I  do  not  think  this  would  be  easy,  as  our  colleges  are  organized, 
without  leaving  or  even  inciting  the  mind  to  dangerous  scepticism, 
nor  without  depriving  the  soul  of  that  food  which  it  specially  craves, 
and  destitute  of  which  it  will  grow  lean,  hungry,  and  unsatisfied, — as 
matter  of  history  no  such  theory  of  education  has  found  favorable  re- 
sponse among  the  guardians  of  Dartmouth." 

So  spake  out  once  more  the  old  Puritan  soul  of  Eleazar 
Wheelock,  and  the  resolute  heart  of  Francis  Brown,  through 
the  lips  now  sealed  in  death.  So  rang  out  loud  and  clear 
the  key-note  of  the  College  for  the  second  century,  to  re- 
verberate in  the  ears  of  its  guardians,  teachers,  and  students 
for  all  coming  time.  And  so,  "  being  dead,  he  yet  speaketh  " 
words  of  the  century  and  for  the  centuries. 

And  now  from  the  scenes  where  he  faithfully  labored  so 
long,  enjoyed  so  much,  and  drew  around  him  so  many  cords 
of  interest  and  affection,  we  shall  tenderly  take  up  our  de- 
parted friend — this  cultivated  scholar,  experienced  teacher, 
finished  writer,  impressive  preacher,  courteous  gentleman, 
genial  companion,  and  steadfast  Christian — and  shall  carry 
him  to  another  spot  near  by,  not  unfamiliar  to  his  thoughts 
and  his  footsteps,  thickly  thronged,  as  he  was  wont  to  say, 
with  precious  dust,  and,  by  the  side  of  his  father  and  his 
mother,  his  brother  and  his  children,  not  far  from  a  cluster 
of  lovely  and  beloved  relatives,  and  surrounded  by  many 
a  friend  who  knew  and  loved  him  well,  we  shall  lay  him 
down  till  the  heavens  be  no  more. 


III. 

REMARKS  BY  THE  REV.  S.  P.  LEEDS,  D.D., 

IN  THE  COLLEGE  CHURCH,  HANOVER,  N.  H.,  NOVEM- 
BER 8,  1885. 

[The  remarks  of  Dr.  Leeds  were  unwritten,  and  the  following  sentences  are 
based  upon  notes,  taken  as  he  spoke,  by  one  who  was  kind  enough  to  attempt 
this  difficult  service.] 

Two  pictures  present  themselves  to  me  :  one,  of  a  little 
boy  coming  here  seventy  years  ago  with  his  father ;  the 
other,  of  a  man  approaching  old  age,  returning  here  in  the 
November  of  life,  before  the  winter's  snow  had  appeared. 
Between  these  are  two  others,  one  showing  him  in  his 
prime,  not  yet  fifty,  active  amid  his  associates — Professor 
Long,  a  few  years  older  than  he  ;  Professor  Noyes,  fourteen 
months  his  senior ;  Professor  Hubbard,  about  his  own  age  ; 
and  then  the  younger  Professors — Patterson  and  Fairbanks, 
Putnam,  whom  he  so  much  loved  ;  Aiken,  Packard,  and 
Varney.  In  the  other  picture  he  is  at  home  in  his  parlor,  so 
genial  and  courteous,  or  in  a  little  room  beyond,  with  his 
family  and  a  few  others,  assembled  by  an  open  fire,  happy, 
appreciative  of  his  friends,  and  beloved  by  them.  .  .  . 
I  think  of  him  as  a  man  who  had  had  a  wise,  steady-handed, 
good  mother.  His  father  was  taken  from  him  when  he 
was  a  child.  The  wisdom  and  grace  of  the  mother  passed 
into  the  son.  ...  He  was  extremely  careful  not  to 
utter  criticism.  He  would  defend  others  from  it.  His 
extreme  tenderness  was  very  noticeable  ;  as  expressed  by 


MEMORIAL.  23 

one  to  whom  he  was  as  kind  as  a  brother,  it  was  "  an  un- 
utterable tenderness."  ...  In  his  later  years  I  was 
impressed  with  his  love  of  the  past  and  his  interest  in  the 
future.  He  was  sensitive  to  change,  yet  he  kept  up  fully 
with  the  present.  Every  old  tree  he  was  fond  of;  every 
object  with  which  he  was  familiar  he  was  fond  of,  and  yet 
how  interested  he  was  in  the  present.  In  his  last  visit  to 
this  village  I  was  struck  with  his  interest  in  all  its  changes 
and  improvements,  and  almost  every  change  seemed  to  him 
an  improvement.  He  loved  the  present,  he  took  pleasure 
in  the  society  of  men  ;  to  a  remarkable  degree  he  enjoyed 
the  present  life  without  selfishness,  illustrating  how  a  good 
man  may  enjoy. 

That  he  was  a  Christian  man  we  all  knew.  ...  Of 
late  I  was  impressed  with  the  deepening  Christian  spirit 
and  influence  manifest  in  him,  an  example  of  a  true  Chris- 
tian experience,  of  one  that  had  been  enriched  by  the  Spirit 
of  God.  [Here  followed  a  short  account  of  the  close  of  his 
life.] 

We  have  come  to-day  as  Christians  to  speak  of  a  Chris- 
tian. We  recall  a  long  career,  and  a  useful  one  ;  as  the 
Professor  who  fills  the  chair  he  used  to  fill  expressed  it  to 
me  the  other  day,  "  a  splendid  career."  But  best  of  all  is 
that  he  was  a  follower  of  Christ.  We  have  not  met  as  un- 
believers ;  we  rejoice  for  one  who  has  finished  his  course  in 
the  love  of  Jesus  Christ ;  we  sorrow,  too,  with  those  who  are 
Christians  and  have  Christian  hopes.  He  has  gone  away 
from  us,  but  he  has  not  gone  into  a  strange  place.  We 
are  in  the  strange  place.  He  is  not  an  exile  ;  we  are  the 
exiles.  We  must  wait  yet  a  little  longer  ;  he  has  gone 
where  he  will  be  forever  with  the  Lord. 


IV. 

REMARKS  BY  THE  REV.  PROFESSOR  HENRY  L. 
CHAPMAN,  A.M.,  OF  BOWDOIN  COLLEGE, 

IN  THE  COLLEGE  CHAPEL,   BRUNSWICK,  ME.,  SUNDAY 
EVENING,  NOVEMBER  8,  1885. 


[These  remarks  were  published  in  The  Boivdoin  Orient  of  November  n, 
1885,  with  the  following  words  prefixed  :  "It  was  with  deep  and  sincere  regret 
that  we  learned  of  the  death  of  Professor  SAMUEL  G.  BROWN,  D.D.,  upon  the 
4th  of  November.  During  the  two  years  of  his  Professorship  at  Bowdoin  he 
won  many  friends  by  his  kindly  interest  and  unostentatious  devotion  to  duty, 
and  when  he  left,  last  Commencement,  he  bore  with  him  the  respect  and  love  of 
the  students."] 

WITHIN  these  few  days  we  have  received  intelligence  of 
the  death  of  one  whom  many  of  us  have  had  reason  to 
regard  with  sincere  respect  and  affection,  and  whose  death 
touches  us  with  a  sense  of  personal  loss.  It  seems  fitting 
that  in  this  place,  where  he  has  so  often  led  our  Sabbath- 
evening  devotions,  joining  with  us  in  our  hymns  of  praise, 
and  presenting  our  common  needs  and  aspirations  at  the 
throne  of  grace — it  seems  fitting  that  we  should  devote  a 
few  moments  this  evening  to  the  grateful  remembrance  of 
his  association  with  us,  and  to  the  recognition  of  his  per- 
sonal virtues  and  of  his  services  to  the  college. 

Dr.  BROWN,  as  you  know,  was  not  a  graduate  of  this 
College,  and  the  service  to  which  he  was  called  here  was 
understood  from  the  first  to  be  a  temporary  service.  It  is 
with  special  feelings  of  gratitude,  therefore,  that  we  may 
recall  his  varied  and  unselfish  labors  in  behalf  of  all  the  in- 
terests of  the  College.  He  could  not  have  exhibited  more 


MEMORIAL.  25 

genuine  solicitude  for  the  welfare  of  his  own  Alma  Mater 
than  he  exhibited  for  that  of  the  College  which  called  him 
to  a  brief  service  in  the  very  evening  of  his  days.  Without 
abating,  so  far  as  could  be  seen,  one  jot  of  the  loyalty  that 
he  owed  to  other  institutions  with  which  he  had  been  more 
closely  connected,  he  nevertheless  espoused  the  interests  of 
this  institution  with  a  generosity  and  heartiness  that  could 
not  fail  to  win  our  affectionate  regard. 

Not  content,  as  many  might  have  been  in  similar  cir- 
cumstances, with  performing,  however  faithfully,  the  duties 
of  his  department  of  instruction,  he  was  always  ready  to  do 
what  lay  in  his  power  to  further  the  general  interests  of  the 
College,  and  to  contribute  what  was  always  a  most  impor- 
tant and  delightful  element  to  the  social  and  intellectual  life 
of  our  little  community. 

Those  who  enjoyed  the  benefit  of  his  regular  instructions 
have  gone  out  from  among  us  ;  but  we  who  remain  will 
certainly  bear  willing  witness  to  the  value  of  his  thoughtful 
and  manly  discourses  in  the  pulpit,  of  his  stimulating  and 
eloquent  lectures  before  the  Literary  Association,  of  his 
earnest  and  reverent  ministrations  at  this  desk.  By  these 
labors  of  love,  wrought  with  a  cheerfulness  that  added  to 
their  charm,  he  made  us  all  his  debtors,  and  the  remem- 
brance of  the  debt  renews  our  reverence  for  his  memory. 

It  may  well  give  us  satisfaction  also  to  know,  from  his 
own  hand,  that  his  residence  among  us  was  a  source  of 
pleasure  to  himself  as  well  as  to  us.  In  a  letter  received 
from  him  shortly  after  his  departure,  a  letter  filled  with  the 
kindliness  which  always  characterized  his  intercourse  with 
others,  he  uses  these  words,  which  it  is  a  pleasure  to  repeat 
in  this  presence  :  "  In  all  my  experience  of  college  life  I 
cannot  recall  any  two  years  which  have  passed  more  agree- 
ably, with  classes  more  diligent  and  faithful,  or  with  less 
to  interrupt  the  steadfast  and  constant  labors  of  the  depart- 
ment. I  shall  always  recall  those  classes  with  affectionate 
interest." 

And  these  very  words  give  us  a  glimpse  of  one  of  the 


26  SAMUEL   OILMAN  BROWN. 

winning  characteristics  of  our  departed  friend.  He  was 
quick  to  perceive  what  was  good  in  those  about  him.  It  is 
the  mark  of  a  generous  and  a  Christian  spirit.  A  selfish  and 
suspicious  nature  misses  the  good  in  its  eagerness  to  detect 
the  weakness  and  the  wickedness  of  men.  But  Dr.  BROWN 
was  eager  to  respond  to  every  sign  of  friendliness,  of 
courtesy,  of  faithful  effort,  and  of  personal  worthiness  in 
those  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  The  breadth  and 
fineness  of  his  culture  did  not  separate  him  from  men,  but 
gave  a  certain  graciousness  to  his  intercourse  with  them, 
which  is  the  most  attractive  fruit  of  culture. 

With  a  heart  that  never  seemed  to  feel  the  touch  of  age, 
with  sympathies  that  broadened  as  his  years  increased, 
with  tastes  that  were  sensitive  to  every  form  of  beauty, 
powers  that  were  consecrated  to  the  service  of  truth,  and 
affections  that  were  fixed  unchangeably  upon  the  good, — 
he  went  in  and  out  among  us  for  two  brief  years,  respected 
and  beloved,  and  has  now  passed  beyond  all  earthly  asso- 
ciations. His  work  was  done.  He  had  passed  a  most  hon- 
ored and  useful  life,  and  was  ready  to  hear  the  sentence, 
the  anticipation  of  which  robs  death  of  all  its  terror, 
"Well  done,  good  and  faithful  servant."  "Above  all," 
says  Lord  Bacon,  "  believe  me,  the  sweetest  canticle  is 
1  Nunc  dimittiSy  when  a  man  hath  obtained  worthy  ends 
and  expectations." 

And  let  us  receive  this  lesson  of  God's  providence,  of 
our  own  mortality,  and  of  the  opportunities  of  human  life, 
with  reasonable  and  reverent  minds,  and  in  the  exercise 
of  a  humble  faith. 

Directly  in  the  respective  pathways  we  are  following, 
somewhere  in  the  uncertain  future,  lies  the  shadow  of  death, 
into  which  we  shall  enter  and  straightway  be  lost  to  earthly 
eyes.  Every  returning  Sabbath,  every  setting  sun,  nay, 
every  fleeting  breath,  brings  us  nearer  to  that  shadow. 
Shall  we  enter  it  to-night,  or  to-morrow,  or  after  many 
days  ?  Will  it  be  in  the  spring-time,  when  nature  is 
waking  to  new  life,  or  in  autumn,  when  the  fading  leaf 


MEMORIAL.  27 

teaches  us  the  lesson  of  our  mortality?  Will  it  be  this  year, 
or  next,  or  are  there  many  years  to  come,  each  laden  for  us 
with  its  pleasures  and  its  cares  ? 

Certainly  no  one  can  answer  these  questions,  nor  need 
we  greatly  care  to  answer  them.  There  are  other  questions 
of  graver  import  that  press  upon  us.  Is  that  shadow  some- 
thing to  shrink  from  and  to  fear  ?  Is  it  the  end  of  our 
being  and  all  our  hopes  ?  Are  we  really  lost  when  we 
enter  it?  Is  it  the  great  misfortune  of  our  lives,  which,  as 
long  as  possible,  we  are  to  avoid  at  whatever  cost  of  other 
things,  and  to  yield  to,  at  the  last,  in  utter  despair  ? 

There  is  an  answer  to  these  questions.  The  revelation 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  to  him  who  will  receive  it,  makes 
that  shadow  as  harmless,  and  as  little  to  be  feared,  as  the 
mist  that  closes  around  one  who  climbs  some  high  moun- 
tain in  the  assured  faith  that  he  will  find  sunlight  at  the 
top. 

We  may  live,  as  he  of  whom  we  have  been  thinking 
lived,  in  the  light  and  comfort  of  that  revelation,  doing  our 
work  humbly  and  faithfully  as  good  stewards  of  the  mani- 
fold grace  of  God.  Like  him,  realizing  the  familiar  and 
beautiful  words  of  one  of  our  own  poets,  we  may 

"  So  live,  that  when  our  summons  comes  to  join 
The  innumerable  caravan  that  moves 
To  that  mysterious  realm,  where  each  shall  take 
His  chamber  in  the  silent  halls  of  death, 
We  go  not,  like  the  quarry-slave  at  night, 
Scourged  to  his  dungeon,  but  sustained  and  soothed 
By  an  unfaltering  trust  approach  the  grave, 
Like  one  who  wraps  the  drapery  of  his  couch 
About  him,  and  lies  down  to  pleasant  dreams." 


V. 

OBITUARY  NOTICE  BY  THE  REV.  PROFESSOR 
HENRY  E.  PARKER,  D.D.,  OF  DARTMOUTH 
COLLEGE. 


[At  the  regular  meeting  for  conference  and  prayer,  held  in  Hanover,  Sunday 
evening,  November  8th,  Professor  Parker  paid  a  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Dr. 
BROWN.  The  following  notice  was  published  in  The  Dartmouth,  November  13, 
1885  :] 

DIED  suddenly,  from  affection  of  the  heart,  in  Utica, 
N.  Y.,  Wednesday,  November  4th,  SAMUEL  GlLMAN 
BROWN,  D.D.,  LL.D.  Thus  has  passed  away  another  of 
our  illustrious  Alumni,  and  one  who  was  long  and  most 
honorably  connected  with  the  Faculty  of  the  College. 
Born  in  1813,  at  North  Yarmouth,  Me.,  he  graduated  at  the 
early  age  of  eighteen  in  the  Class  of  1831.  He  studied  di- 
vinity at  the  Theological  Seminary,  Andover,  Mass.,  gradu- 
ating from  there  in  1837.  Two  years  subsequently  were 
spent  in  foreign  travel,  when  he  returned  to  his  Alma 
Mater  to  assume  the  duties  of  the  Chair  of  Oratory  and 
Belles-Lettres.  This  Professorship  he  successfully  filled  for 
twenty-three  years,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  Pro- 
fessorship of  Intellectual  Philosophy  and  Political  Economy. 
After  filling  this  Chair  also  successfully  for  four  years  he 
was  elected  to  the  Presidency  of  Hamilton  College,  which 
office  he  filled  for  fourteen  years,  resigning  in  1881.  He 
afterward,  for  a  while,  filled  his  former  Chair  here,  then 
vacant,  and  subsequently  a  similar  position  at  Bowdoin. 

Dr.  SAMUEL  G.  BROWN  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.    Dr. 


MEMORIAL.  29 

Francis  Brown,  third  President  of  the  College,  a  man 
of  rare  endowments  of  person,  mind,  and  character.  Called 
to  the  administration  of  the  College  at  a  most  critical  period 
in  its  history,  when  its  very  existence  was  pending  upon 
the  decisions  of  the  Courts,  he  filled  a  peculiarly  arduous 
position  with  great  efficiency,  acceptableness,  and  success, 
but  with  the  sacrifice  of  his  valuable  life,  for  he  died  at 
thirty-six,  the  year  following  the  decision  of  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court  in  favor  of  the  College. 

The  son  repeated  the  father's  superior  and  agreeable 
traits  ;  and  though  but  a  boy  of  seven  at  his  father's  prema- 
ture decease,  he  continued  to  have  the  nurture  and  guid- 
ance of  a  mother  of  rare  wisdom  and  worth.  He  grew  up 
to  a  beautiful  manhood.  Of  handsome  face  and  form,  dig- 
nified and  engaging,  affable  and  most  courteous,  mind  and 
character  corresponded  to  all  that  was  externally  attractive. 
Admirably  filling  all  home  relations,  of  son  and  brother, 
husband  and  father,  he  was  the  faithful  associate,  the  warm- 
hearted friend,  the  genial,  delightful  companion.  A  de- 
votee of  books,  his  reading  was  very  extensive,  choice,  and 
available.  He  had  a  mind  exceedingly  well  disciplined  and 
stored.  His  voice,  which  as  an  instructor  in  oratory  he  had 
cultivated  with  especial  care,  was  unusually  rich  in  its  tones 
and  of  wide  and  varied  compass.  His  style  of  speaking 
was  finished  and  effective.  His  style  of  writing,  too,  was 
classic  in  its  beauty.  He  wrote  much  and  he  wrote  well — 
lectures,  discourses,  addresses,  essays,  and  reviews.  His 
biography  of  Rufus  Choate  gained  him  a  wide  and  de- 
served reputation.  He  leaves  unfinished  a  biography  of 
the  late  George  P.  Marsh,  upon  which  he  was  engaged. 

The  society  of  Dr.  BROWN  was  very  pleasant  as  it  was 
improving  ;  his  intelligence  made  it  so,  with  his  cordial 
ways,  his  animation  of  feature  thought,  and  voice,  his 
high-mindedness,  freshness,  and  freedom  from  common- 
place. Culture  marked  his  thoughts,  his  expressions,  his 
tones  and  manner,  with  now  and  then  a  delightful  spicing 
of  pleasantry  and  quiet  fun,  with  never  a  shade  of  bitter- 


3O  SAMUEL   OILMAN  BROWN. 

ness  or  malevolence.  He  was  a  good  raconteur.  He 
heartily  enjoyed  a  good  thing  said  or  told  by  another,  and 
seldom  failed  to  match  it  by  something  as  good  of  his  own. 
But  everywhere  and  always  he  was  the  Christian  gentle- 
man. Indeed,  religious  principle  characterized  all  that  he 
was  and  did.  He  was  a  sturdy  champion  of  what  he  be- 
lieved to  be  the  true  and  the  right,  and  it  would  be  difficult 
to  find  an  instance  of  his  swerving  from  their  practical  ex- 
emplification. It  was  this  which  perfected  the  grace  and 
finish  of  what  he  was.  He  loved  religious  observances. 
He  loved  Christian  words  and  ways.  It  was  his  genuine 
and  living  piety,  with  its  inward  and  outward  blossoming 
and  fruitage,  which  made  so  sweet  and  redolent  and  valu- 
able that  life  now  hidden  from  our  eyes,  but  never  to  be 
forgotten.  One  who  has  known  him  long  and  well,  early 
enough  to  be  his  pupil,  and  late  enough  to  have  been  as- 
sociated with  him  in  instruction,  may  be  permitted  fervently 
to  speak  of  a  character  and  life  of  such  rare  symmetry  and 
beauty,  where  there  seemed  so  little  lacking  and  nothing 
in  disproportionate  excess.  His  very  death  seemed  con- 
sonant and  fitting — no  wasting,  suffering  illness — nothing 
but  the  simple,  peaceful  transferrence  from  this  life  to  the 
next.  And  such  a  death  was  his  own  desire.  It  reminds 
us  of  Dr.  Jeremy  Belknap,  the  historian  of  New  Hampshire, 
whose  similar  wish  was  similarly  gratified,  and  among 
whose  papers,  after  his  decease,  were  found  the  following 
lines  : 

"  When  faith  and  patience,  hope  and  love, 

Have  made  us  meet  for  heaven  above, 

How  blest  the  privilege  to  rise, 

Snatched  in  a  moment  to  the  skies  ; 

Unconscious  to  resign  our  breath, 

Nor  taste  the  bitterness  of  death." 


VI. 

MEMORIAL    PRESENTED    BY   THE    HON.  WILL- 
IAM J.  BACON,  LL.D.,  OF  UTICA,  N.  Y., 

To  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES  OF  HAMILTON  COLLEGE, 
CLINTON,   N.  Y.,  NOVEMBER   17,  1885. 

As  we  come  together  again  after  the  annual  convocation 
in  July  last,  we  naturally  look  around  us  to  recognize  and 
to  greet  those  from  whom  we  then  separated,  and  at  once 
we  realize  with  a  sad  certainty  that  there  is  here  a  vacant 
chair.  It  was  occupied  by  one  we  always  met  with  a  cheer- 
ful look  and  a  loving  word.  In  the  felicitous  language  of 
another  on  the  occasion  of  his  funeral  obsequies,  "  a  gra- 
cious presence,  a  beloved  companion,  has  gone  from  us, 
and  our  lips  are  dumb,  our  hearts  torn  with  anguish." 

SAMUEL  GILMAN  BROWN,  D.D.,  ex-President  of  Hamil- 
ton College,  suddenly  departed  this  life  in  the  early  hours 
of  the  morning  of  November  4>  1885.  The  event  was  en- 
tirely unlocked  for,  and  our  whole  community  was  startled 
as  by  an  electric  shock.  All  who  knew  him  felt  that  a  great 
and  good  man  had  gone  from  us,  and  the  mortal  had  by 
an  instantaneous  transition  "  put  on  immortality."  To  us 
who  were  so  intimately  and  happily  associated  with  him, 
the  loss  of  his  pleasant  companionship,  his  benignant  man- 
ner, his  gentle  courtesy,  his  wise  and  conservative  counsels 
can  hardly  be  expressed,  while  it  is  profoundly  felt. 

We  do  not  propose  to  dwell  at  any  length  upon  the  in- 
cidents of  his  public  career,  on  the  special  and  attractive 
features  of  the  life  he  lived  among  his  friends,  and  those 
which  pre-eminently  marked  that  life  in  the  sacred  precincts 
of  that  home  which  was  to  him  the  very  centre  of  his  being, 
the  place  where  he  had  garnered  up  his  heart,  and  upon 


32  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

which  he  shed  the  radiance  of  perpetual  sunshine.  These 
have  to  some  extent  been  already  publicly  and  most  ap- 
propriately noticed,  and  doubtless  will  be  hereafter  more 
fully  and  amply  commemorated. 

It  will  be  enough  here  to  say  that  he  was  born  at  North 
Yarmouth,  in  Maine,  on  January  4,  1813  ;  that  he  graduated 
at  Dartmouth  College,  of  which  his  distinguished  father, 
Dr.  Francis  Brown,  was  President,  and  subsequently  from 
the  Theological  Seminary  at  Andover  ;  that  he  travelled 
somewhat  extensively  in  Europe  from  1838  to  1840,  and 
returning  home  was  almost  immediately  engaged  in  instruc- 
tion at  Dartmouth,  first  in  the  department  of  Oratory,  and 
subsequently  as  Professor  of  Intellectual  Philosophy.  From 
this  position  he  was  called,  in  1866,  to  the  Presidency  of 
Hamilton  College,  in  which  office,  with  conspicuous  ability, 
he  remained  until  his  resignation  in  1881.  Since  that  date 
he  has  made  his  home  in  Utica,  but  has  been  engaged  for 
portions  of  three  years  in  giving  instruction  both  in  intel- 
lectual and  moral  philosophy  at  Dartmouth  and  at  Bowdoin 
Colleges,  and  in  other  literary  labors.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  gathering  materials  for  what  would  doubtless 
have  been  his  crowning,  as  it  was  to  him  a  most  congenial, 
work,  the  life  of  that  learned  scholar  and  eminent  states- 
man, George  P,  Marsh,  of  Vermont. 

Dr.  BROWN  was  a  scholar  of  wide  and  varied  attainments, 
and  enjoyed  a  large  reputation  as  a  master  of  that  mother 
tongue  that  seems  to  us  the  most  happy  and  appropriate 
vehicle  for  pure  and  lofty  thought,  and  strong  as  well  as 
polished  diction.  He  was  familiar  with  the  whole  range  of 
English  literature,  from  its  crudest,  roughest  elements  and 
uncouth  forms  in  Chaucer  and  Gower  to  the  latest  and  most 
refined  and  polished  numbers  of  Tennyson  and  the  mascu- 
line and  magnificent  periods  of  Macaulay.  His  own  style 
was  formed  upon  the  highest  models,  and  was  distinguished 
in  his  public  addresses  no  less  by  clearness  and  elevation 
of  thought  than  a  peculiar  felicity  of  diction  that  left  noth- 
ing uncompleted  or  unfinished.  Of  him  as  truly  as  of 


MEMORIAL.  33 

Goldsmith   it  could    be    said :    "  Nihil    tetigit    quod    non 
ornavit" 

The  transparent  beauty  as  well  as  the  strength  of  his 
thought,  and  the  almost  unmatched  perfection  of  his  style, 
appeared  to  great  advantage  in  his  addresses  to  the  gradu- 
ating classes  in  the  college,  and  those  other  discourses  de- 
livered on  several  memorable  occasions,  and  notably  those 
at  the  service  commemorative  of  President  Fisher,  and  the 
memorial  address  on  the  life  and  public  career  of  George  P. 
Marsh. 

In  his  pulpit  discourses  the  same  finish  of  style  ap- 
peared, applied  to  themes  inspired  by  profound  thought 
and  deep  and  holy  meditation.  We  have  the  authority  of 
one  well  qualified  to  judge,  and  whose  opportunities  of  hear- 
ing him  from  the  pulpit  as  well  as  the  platform  were  most 
frequent  and  favorable,  for  saying,  as  we  do  in  his  own 
appreciative  words:  "His  sermons,  whether  delivered  in 
the  College  Chapel  or  on  occasions  of  public  interest,  were 
always  rich  in  thought,  stimulating  in  their  spiritual  tone, 
and  finished  in  form.  For  a  young  man  to  have  heard  his 
discourses  at  intervals  during  a  period  of  four  years  was 
almost  of  itself  a  liberal  education." 

Of  the  private  character  and  personal  traits  of  Dr.  BROWN, 
it  is  difficult  to  speak  without  using  terms  that  may  seem  to 
border  at  least  upon  extravagant  eulogium.  But  surely  it 
may  be  truthfully  said  that  no  one  who  enjoyed  the  in- 
estimable privilege  of  his  friendship  could  be  brought  into 
close  communion  with  him  without  a  profound  and  lasting 
impression  of  the  purity  and  elevation  of  his  character,  the 
extent  and  thoroughness  of  his  culture,  and  a  wonderful 
increment  of  deep  admiration  and  reverent  love  for  the  daily 
beauty  of  the  life  that  diffused  while  it  received  so  much  of 
genuine  enjoyment.  His  natural  temperament  was  serene 
as  well  as  buoyant,  and  he  had  so  disciplined  both  his  in- 
tellect and  his  heart  that  he  had  acquired  an  absolute  self- 
control  that  manifested  itself  even  amid  circumstances  of 
great  trial  and  provocation.  No  one  to  whom  he  had  given 
3 


34  SAMUEL   OILMAN  BROWN. 

his  confidence  had  any  reason  to  fear  its  withdrawal  save  by 
his  own  ill  desert,  and  so  frank  and  ingenuous  was  his  nature 
that  having  no  disguise  himself  he  was  very  slow  to  suspect 
its  existence  in  others. 

It  was  most  fitting  that  a  life  so  gentle,  so  symmetrical, 
so  complete,  should  have  an  ending  so  beautiful  that  it  hardly 
calls  forth  any  emotions  save  those  of  holy  joy  and  sincere 
congratulation.  He  was  apparently  in  good  health,  and  to 
the  outward  eye  his  physical  condition  exhibited  no  sign  of 
the  hidden  foe  that  was  making,  all  unseen,  his  stealthy 
approaches  toward  the  citadel  of  life.  He  was  in  full  pos- 
session of  all  his  fine  powers  and  attainments.  He  felt 
comparatively  little  of  the  infirmities  that  commonly  attend 
advancing  years  or  the  decrepitude  of  coming  age.  He 
was  most  mercifully  spared  months  or  even  weeks  of  rack- 
ing pain,  or  the  solemn  and  sometimes  disturbing  appre- 
hensions that  not  infrequently  are  the  precursors  of  ap- 
proaching dissolution.  He  had  no  occasion  to  bid  "fond 
nature  cease  her  strife"  and  let  him  "languish  into  life," 
the  life  upon  whose  inner  verge  he  doubtless  unconsciously 
stood. 

With  the  composure  of  one  that  lies  down  to  quiet 
dreams,  with  a  comparatively  short  season  of  previous 
bodily  suffering,  without  a  struggle  or  a  sigh,  he  gently 
yielded  his  soul  to  his  Creator,  and  literally  "  fell  on  sleep." 
And  thus  it  was  that  with  a  bound  his  emancipated  spirit, 
dropping  the  fleshly  tabernacle  that  held  it,  passed  from  the 
side  of  the  dearest  companionship  of  earth  to  the  immediate 
presence  of  the  Father  whom  he  reverently  adored,  and  the 
Saviour  whom  he  wholly  trusted  and  supremely  loved,  and 
so  in  a  moment  he  was  translated,  and  was  "  forever  with 
the  Lord."  Who  would  not  be  happy  to  have  lived  such  a 
life — who  is  there  that  envies  not  such  a  death  ? 

"  Of  no  contagion,  of  no  blast,  he  died, 

But  fell  like  autumn  fruit  that  mellowed  long. 
So  freshly  he  ran  on  three  score  and  ten, 
And  then  the  busy  wheels  of  life  stood  still." 


VII. 

REMARKS  BY  THE  REV.  THOMAS  J.  BROWN, 

D.D., 

IN  THE  WESTMINSTER  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  UTICA, 
N.  Y.,  JANUARY  3,  1886. 

[THE  COMMUNION  SUNDAY  FOLLOWING  DR.  BROWN'S  DEATH.] 


WHETHER  or  not  our  custom  is  a  wise  one  of  coupling 
with  the  commemoration  of  our  Lord's  death  mention  of 
our  own  dear  ones  who  have  died  I  do  not  know,  but  this 
is  true,  that  easily  and  almost  inevitably  the  thought  of  His 
death  sets  us  thinking,  too,  of  those  who  have  died  in  Him. 
All  our  hope  for  them,  the  hope  for  ourselves  that  we  may 
see  them  again  and  know  them,  centres  in  Him.  If  we  are 
to  "  sorrow  not  as  others  who  have  no  hope,"  it  must  be 
by  our  believing  "  that  as  Jesus  died  and  rose  again,  even 
so  them  also  which  sleep  in  Jesus  will  God  bring  with  Him." 
Moreover,  our  thoughts  of  them  as  they  now  are,  indistinct 
at  best,  all  associate  them  with  Him,  where  He  is.  "  With 
the  Lord"  is  the  best  account  we  can  give,  even  to  our 
own  hearts,  of  their  present  state  and  station.  Whatever  is 
uncertain,  of  this  we  are  confident,  that  in  their  behalf  is 
fulfilled  His  prayer,  "  Father,  I  will  that  they  also  whom 
thou  hast  given  me  be  with  me  where  I  am."  How,  then, 
shall  we  think  of  Him  and  not  of  them  ?  Nor  need  we 
fear  lest  He  should  be  offended  at  this — offended  if  even  as 
we  sit  at  this  table,  in  holy  contemplation  of  our  Lord,  there 


36  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

rise  also  before  us  these   other   familiar  forms,  not  inter- 
vening between   Him  and  us,  but  so  associated  with  Him 
that,  we  cannot  think  of  them  apart.     We  fully  appreciate 
that,  "with  the   Lord  "  and  ''beholding  His  glory,"  they 
already  have  experiences  of  which  we  cannot  form  even  a 
conception  ;    but  their  hearts  we  know  have  not  changed. 
They  are  the  same  to  us  that  they  ever  were.     No  height 
or  depth  of  experience,  no  time  or  distance,  can  ever  change 
their  love  to  us.     Why  should  we   not  think  of  them,  and 
speak  of  them  here  and  now  ?     Nothing  will  more  endear 
our  Lord  to  us  than  the  thought  of  what  He  was  to  them. 
Nothing  will  so  prompt  us  to  self-surrender  as  the  remem- 
brance that  into   His  hands  they  committed  their  spirits. 
The  name  they  confessed,  shall  it  not  be  doubly  dear  to 
us,  now  they  are  gone  ?     The  world  is  cold  because  the 
best  and  warmest  seem  to  have  left  it,  but  here  in  spirit 
our  hearts  meet  with  them  again,  as,  pledging  anew  in  this 
holy  cup  our  love  to  Christ,  we  receive  assurance  from  Him 
that  they  are  not  dead  but  only  sleeping,  and  that  for  us 
He  will  keep  against  that  day  all  that  we  have  committed 
unto  Him. 

But,  however  it  may  be  of  others,  of  one,  surely,  it  is 
fitting  that  mention  be  made  here  to-day — of  that  noblest 
of   Christians    and    saintliest    of    men,    SAMUEL    OILMAN 
BROWN.     So  often  of  late  has  he  sat  beside  me  at  this  table 
that  I  turn  instinctively,  as  I  speak  his  name,  almost  as  if 
expecting  to  behold  him.     How  many  times  within  the  last 
few  years  has  he  broken  for  you  this  bread,  or  poured  out 
this  cup.     He  stood  here  almost  as  a  spiritual  presence,  so 
pure  and  good  we  knew  him  to  be.     Before  his  lips  opened, 
we  read  in  the  gentle  lines  of  his  lovely  face  the  peace  of 
God  which  passeth  understanding,  and  the  holy  calm  of  a 
spirit  in  communion  with  its  Lord.     Then  he  spoke  to  us, 
and  listening  we  were  lifted  toward  his  own  level.     Simple 
words  they  always  were,  as  suited^  the  occasion, — truths  to 
Christian  ears  the  most  familiar,  but  his  speaking  them 
seemed  to  make  them  new  to  us,  and  more  than  ever  true. 


MEMORIAL.  37 

The  words  and  the  man  helped  us  to  realize,  as  we  could  not 
otherwise,  what  we  do  as  often  as  we  eat  this  bread  and  drink 
this  wine.  Or  if  he  prayed,  as  we  followed  him  access  to 
the  throne  of  grace  seemed  easy,  prayer  real  and  blessed, 
and  even  while  he  yet  pleaded  the  answer  seemed  to  rest  in 
peace  and  blessing  upon  our  souls.  Rare  occasions  these, 
dear  friends,  never  to  be  ours  again.  Yet  I  doubt  me  if  we 
could  have  prized  them  more,  even  had  we  known  but  four 
short  months  ago  that  then  for  the  last  time  we  bowed  to 
receive  his  favorite  benediction  :  "  Now  the  God  of  peace, 
that  brought  again  from  the  dead  our  Lord  Jesus,  that  great 
Shepherd  of  the  sheep,  through  the  blood  of  the  everlasting 
covenant,  make  you  perfect  in  every  good  work  to  do  His 
will,  working  in  you  that  which  is  well  pleasing  in  His  sight, 
through  Jesus  Christ ;  to  whom  be  glory  forever  and  ever. 
Amen." 

Others  know  better  than  we,  and  can  better  tell,  how 
great  the  loss  sustained  in  the  death  of  President  BROWN 
in  all  the  broader  avenues  of  life  in  which  he  walked,  by  the 
cause  of  higher  education,  for  instance,  to  which  he  had  de- 
voted his  life,  and  by  the  Church  at  large,  in  whose  progress 
and  welfare  he  maintained  so  true  an  interest. 

And  as  for  what  he  was  in  his  own  home,  and  to  his 
family,  it  is  not  for  any  to  tell,  none  can  tell.  The  hearts 
most  bereaved  by  his  death  know,  not  their  own  bitterness 
only,  but  the  rich  treasures  they  have  held,  and  still  hold 
forever  and  forever.  It  is  not  for  a  stranger,  nor  even  for 
a  friend,  to  intermeddle  therewith.  There  are  fathers  who 
enable  us  to  understand  what  God  means  when  He  says  : 
"Thou  shalt  call  me,  My  Father."  There  are  homes  that 
anticipate  Heaven. 

But  what  Dr.  BROWN  was  to  us  we  know,  and  now 
that  he  is  gone  we  delight  to  tell  it.  Not  soon  again 
shall  we  have  to  speak  of  such  a  man — a  man  so  wise  and 
noble — a  Christian  so  simple  and  strong,  pre-eminent  in 
every  relation,  and  yet  to  the  plainest  of  his  brethren  a 
wise  counsellor,  a  generous  helper,  a  true  and  abiding 


38  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

friend.  The  fellowship  which  we,  as  a  church,  were  per- 
mitted to  enjoy  with  him  was  brief,  to  be  sure,  and  much 
interrupted  by  his  absences  from  home,  but  his  coming 
among  us  was  of  itself  a  blessing  from  the  Father,  and  his 
presence  here  was  a  continual  benediction.  He  was  always 
ready  to  render  kindly  aid,  and  therefore  often  preached 
from  this  pulpit,  and,  as  often  as  he  did,  we  were  both  at- 
tracted and  impressed,  both  instructed  and  encouraged,  by 
his  words.  To  look  into  his  face,  it  was  often  said  among 
us,  to  behold  "  the  beaming  light  and  sweetness  of  his 
countenance,"  was  as  good  as  a  sermon,  so  radiant  was  it 
with  kindly  feeling.  In  his  sermons,  as  in  himself,  there 
was  always  a  blending,  in  happiest  proportions,  of  strength 
and  beauty.  There  were  precision  of  language  and  logi- 
cal sequence,  with  all  the  graces  of  a  chaste  and  flowing 
rhetoric.  And  over  all,  and  in  all,  there  was  an  undefined 
influence,  purifying  and  elevating,  breathing  with  spiritual 
life.  In  all  that  he  regarded  as  fundamental  to  Christianity 
he  had  unfaltering  faith  ;  his  frequent  and  happy  expression 
of  that  faith  was  to  more  than  one  mind  among  us,  prone 
to  doubt,  most  reassuring.  He  was  intensely  alive  to  all 
that  is  new  in  religious  thought  and  criticism,  yet  he  held 
with  firm  grasp  the  old  that  is  true.  Above  all,  his  faith 
in  Jesus  the  Christ  knew  no  wavering  ;  nay,  it  grew  ever 
stronger  and  deeper,  until  now  that  faith  is  lost  in  sight. 
Those  sermons  will  not  soon  be  forgotten,  and,  when  for- 
gotten, their  influence  will  abide,  inciting  us  to  something 
of  his  own  benignity  and  saintliness. 

In  personal  contact  with  Dr.  BROWN,  even  more  than 
from  the  pulpit,  was  felt  the  singular  fascination  of  his 
beautiful  character.  Truly,  he  was  a  man  to  draw  every- 
body's love.  Serene  in  his  strength,  maintaining  always 
the  reserve  of  a  true  Christian  dignity,  how  gentle  he  was, 
and  how  affectionate.  Even  if  he  were  reviled,  he  reviled 
not  again.  Mention  was  once  made  to  him,  in  my  hearing, 
of  one  who  had  done  him  a  most  manifest  wrong,  and,  ap- 
pealed to  for  his  opinion,  Dr.  BROWN  would  only  say  : 


MEMORIAL.  39 

"  I  so  little  understand  the  nature  of  such  a  man  that  I  am 
sure  I  am  not  competent  to  judge  him."  Such  chanty  of 
judgment  he  always  manifested.  His  views  on  all  subjects 
were  positive  and  well  defined,  and  where  principle  was 
concerned  he  was  firm  as  a  rock,  yet  such  was  his  trans- 
parent goodness  and  integrity  that  he  was  as  little  apt  to 
give  as  to  take  offence.  Gentle  in  his  speech,  thoughtful  of 
others,  exemplary  always  and  in  all  things,  no  wonder  that 
we  loved  him  so  well. 

We  may  never  again  have  such  a  man  among  us  ;  that 
we  have  had  him,  even  for  a  little  while,  we  will  ever  re- 
member as  one  of  God's  great  blessings  to  this  church.  We 
give  him  back  his  own  words,  spoken  from  this  pulpit,  of 
the  late  Dr.  Samuel  W.  Fisher  : 

"  The  lessons  of  a  noble  and  faithful  life,  whose  last  years  were 
spent  among  us,  are  patent  to  us  all ;  excellences  which  we  see  we 
may  try  to  imitate,  defects  to  avoid,  but  even  to  recognize  and  ac- 
knowledge the  truly  good  and  great  is  itself  a  step  toward  the  good. 

"  Happy  for  us,  if  we  each,  as  the  shadows  lengthen,  are  filled  with 
the  hope  which  sustained  him,  and,  as  the  evening  draws  on,  can  as 
serenely  give  up  our  account  for  the  day's  work,  feeling  that  it  has 
been  faithfully  done." 


'UNIVERSITY) 


VIII. 

OTHER     MEMORIAL     PAPERS     AND     RESOLU- 
TIONS. 

MEMORIAL  OF  THE   FACULTY  OF  HAMILTON   COLLEGE. 
ADOPTED  NOVEMBER  4,  1885. 


AT  a  special  meeting  of  the  Faculty  of  Hamilton  College,  held 
in  the  Library,  November  4,  1885,  President  Darling  announced  the 
death  of  his  predecessor  in  office,  and  the  following  resolutions  were 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Rev.  SAMUEL  GILMAN  BROWN 
we  mourn  the  sudden  departure  of  an  accomplished  educator,  author, 
and  preacher,  who  for  fifteen  years  adorned  the  highest  office  of  Ham- 
ilton College  with  the  highest  gifts  of  scholarship,  wisdom,  and  per- 
sonal worth,  and  who  in  all  the  duties  and  amenities  of  life,  as  an  ex- 
ecutive officer,  as  teacher,  companion,  and  friend,  was  always  true 
to  the  noblest  standard  of  Christian  character. 

Resolved^  That  we  tender  to  the  afflicted  family  and  friends  of  our 
departed  ex- President  the  assurances  of  our  heartfelt  sympathy  with 
them  in  their  irreparable  bereavement,  and  that  we  invoke  for  them 
the  consolations  that  can  only  come  from  the  Supreme  Comforter. 

Resolved^  That  it  would  be  in  keeping  with  our  wishes  and  our 
estimate  of  what  is  most  befitting,  that  the  grave  of  our  venerable  ex- 
President  should  be  made  in  our  College  Cemetery,  where  it  would  be 
surrounded  with  memorials  of  the  crowning  labors  of  his  most  useful 
and  honorable  life,  and  where  it  would  help  to  perpetuate  the  good 
influences  of  his  exalted  character. 

Resolved^  That  we,  as  a  Faculty,  attend  the  funeral  service  of  ex- 
President  BROWN,  and  that  our  College  exercises  be  suspended  on 
the  day  of  this  service. 


MEMORIAL.  41 

Resolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  entered  on  the  minutes  of 
the  Faculty,  that  they  be  presented  to  the  family  of  ex-President 
BROWN,  that  they  be  read  in  the  College  Chapel,  and  that  they  be 
published. 


MEMORIAL  OF  THE  FACULTY  OF  DARTMOUTH  COLLEGE. 

The  Faculty  of  Dartmouth  College  desire  to  place  on  record  their 
high  appreciation  of  the  life  and  character  of  the  late  SAMUEL  OILMAN 
BROWN,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  and  of  the  excellent  services  rendered  by  him 
to  the  cause  of  good  literature  and  sound  Christian  education.  They 
gratefully  recognize  his  long  and  useful  connection  with  this  College, 
and  his  influence  upon  its  culture  and  its  reputation ;  and  they  will 
ever  hold  him  in  affectionate  remembrance  as  an  accomplished  scholar 
and  writer,  a  diligent  instructor,  a  wise  counsellor,  a  genial  companion, 
and  a  Christian  gentleman,  who  closed  a  most  honorable  career  at  a 
ripe  age  and  widely  lamented. 

They  would  also  tender  their  cordial  sympathy  to  his  afflicted 
family,  and  rejoice  with  them  in  the  abundant  consolations  that  are 
connected  with  the  history  of  such  a  life. 


MEMORIAL   OF   THE   FACULTY   OF    BOWDOIN   COLLEGE. 
ADOPTED  NOVEMBER  4,  1885. 

Died  at  Utica,  N.  Y.,  November  4,  1885,  Rev.  SAMUEL  GILMAN 
BROWN,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Professor  of  Mental  and  Moral  Philosophy  in 
Bowdoin  College,  1883-85. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Academical  Faculty  of  Bowdoin  College,  No- 
vember 4th,  the  following  Memorial  was  adopted  to  be  incorporated 
with  the  records  of  the  Faculty,  and  to  be  communicated  to  the  family 
of  the  deceased. 


The  sad  intelligence  of  the  death  of  our  former  colleague,  and  our 
beloved  friend,  Rev.  Dr.  BROWN,  brings  to  us  a  keen  sense  of  per- 
sonal bereavement  to  which  we  cannot  forbear  to  give  utterance,  while 
it  permits  us  also  to  unite  in  an  expression  of  profound  respect  for  his 
character,  and  of  affectionate  veneration  for  his  memory. 

The  years  during  which  he  was  associated  with  us  in  the  service  of 
the  College  were  so  filled  with  the  evidences  of  his  gracious  and  kindly 
spirit ;  his  intercourse  with  us,  and  with  all  whom  he  met,  had  in  it 


42  SAMUEL   GILMAN  BROWN. 

such  a  charm  of  courtesy  and  of  Christian  culture,  that  he  bound  us 
all  to  himself  by  ties  of  no  common  regard. 

It  gives  us  pleasure,  even  while  we  mourn  his  death,  to  remember 
and  to  bear  grateful  witness  to  the  unselfish  devotion  and  ability  with 
which  he  served  the  interests  of  the  College  and  the  pupils  who  enjoyed 
his  instruction ;  the  cheerfulness  with  which  he  undertook,  and  the  suc- 
cess with  which  he  performed,  the  special  services  that  were  asked  of 
him  from  time  to  time  ;  the  enthusiasm  with  which  he  entered  into  all 
plans  that  were  formed  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  College,  and 
labored  to  make  them  effective  ;  and  the  generosity  with  which  he 
strove,  in  all  ways,  to  enlarge  the  influence  and  maintain  the  honor 
and  the  Christian  character  of  the  College. 

We  desire  to  offer  to  the  family  of  this  departed  servant  of  God, 
who  has  been  permitted  to  fill  his  life  with  so  much  of  useful  and  dis- 
tinguished service,  the  assurances  of  our  respectful,  and  sincere  sym- 
pathy in  their  bereavement,  while  we  give  thanks,  with  them,  for  a  life 
which  has  been  so  rich  in  the  fruits  of  a  consecrated  discipleship. 


MEMORIAL   OF   CHI   ALPHA.* 

PRESENTED  BY  THE  REV.  ROSWELL  D.  HITCHCOCK,  D.D.,  LL.D., 

PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNION  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY,  AND 

ADOPTED  BY  CHI  ALPHA  NOVEMBER  21,  1885. 

IN  MEMORIAM. 


SAMUEL  GILMAN  BROWN,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  was  born  in  North  Yar- 
mouth, Me.,  January  4,  1813,  and  died  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  November  4, 
1885. 

His  father  was  Francis  Brown,  President  of  Dartmouth  College  from 
1815  to  1820.  The  son  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  1831,  and  at  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary  in  1837.  From  1838  to  1840  he  travelled 
and  studied  in  Europe.  For  twenty-seven  years  he  was  Professor  in 
Dartmouth  College, — first  of  Oratory,  from  1840  to  1863,  and  then 
of  Mental  Philosophy,  from  1863  to  1867.  From  1867  to  1881  he  was 
President  of  Hamilton  College.  In  the  last  two  years  of  his  life  he 

*  An  association  of  ministers  in  New  York  City. 


MEMORIAL.  43 

had  charge  of  the  Senior  Class  in  Bowdoin  College,  in  whose  neighbor- 
hood the  first  two  years  of  his  life  were  spent. 

In  all  these  positions  he  earned  for  himself  an  enviable  reputation. 
He  was  an  accurate  scholar,  and  an  admirable  teacher ;  of  catholic 
judgment,  unerring  taste,  fine,  gracious  manners,  and  lofty  Christian 
purpose. 

Chi  Alpha  remembers  him  with  lively  interest  and  affection.  For 
the  last  eighteen  years  of  his  life  he  was  frequently  our  guest.  On  Oc- 
tober 17,  1885,  less  than  three  weeks  before  he  died,  we  showed  our 
esteem  for  him  by  a  vote  of  permanent  hospitality.  Our  sense  of  per- 
sonal bereavement  could  hardly  be  keener,  had  his  name  been  stand- 
ing on  our  Roll  of  Members. 

To  his  son,  our  brother,  Professor  Francis  Brown,  to  his  widow, 
and  to  all  the  surviving  children  and  grandchildren,  we  tender  the 
assurance  of  our  sincerest  sympathy. 


MEMORIAL  OF  THE  ONEIDA  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 

OFFERED  BY  GENERAL  CHARLES  W.  DARLING,  AND 

ADOPTED  NOVEMBER  30,  1885. 

Whereas,  It  has  pleased  Almighty  God,  in  His  all-wise  and  mys- 
terious providence,  to  remove  from  the  sphere  of  his  earthly  labors  to 
his  eternal  rest  His  faithful  servant,  Rev.  SAMUEL  G.  BROWN,  D.D., 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  Rev.  Dr.  BROWN  this  society  has 
lost  a  faithful,  earnest  member,  endowed  with  many  noble  and  Chris- 
tian virtues. 

Resolved,  That  to  the  bereaved  family  we  tender  our  heartfelt 
sympathy,  with  the  assurance  that  he  whom  they  mourn  will  ever  be 
held  in  remembrance  by  us  ;  and  we  request  that  the  officers  of  this 
meeting  communicate  to  them  that  expression  of  our  sympathy,  with 
a  copy  of  this  preamble  and  resolution. 


MEMORIAL   OF   THE   PRESBYTERY  OF   UTICA. 
ADOPTED  APRIL  14,  1886. 

Whereas,  The  death  of  Rev.  SAMUEL  G.  BROWN,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
has  occurred  since  our  last  regular  meeting,  therefore 

Resolved,  That  we  put  on  record  our  sense  of  personal  and  public 
loss  in  his  death.  Coming  into  our  body  on  being  called  to  the  Presi- 


44  SAMUEL   OILMAN  BROWN. 

dency  of  Hamilton  College,  he  won  our  admiration  and  respect  as  a 
superior  educator,  and  a  gentleman  of  rare  culture  and  refinement. 
Though  seldom  prominent  in  the  councils  of  the  Presbytery,  we  sadly 
miss  his  genial  presence  and  the  sweet  influence  of  his  high-toned 
Christian  character. 


MEMORIAL   OF    "THE   CLUB,"   UTICA,  N.  Y. 

"The  Club,"  ofUtica,  N.  Y.,  an  association  of  gentlemen  for  literary 
purposes,  of  which  Dr.  BROWN  was  an  active  member,  has  printed 
since  his  death  a  paper  on  the  history  of  the  Club,  prepared  by  him 
and  read  in  1879.  To  this  paper,  as  printed,  is  prefixed  an  artotype 
portrait — from  the  same  negative  with  that  used  for  this  Memorial — 
and  a  commemorative  note,  from  which  the  following  is  an  extract ; 
it  is  understood  that  the  writer  is  the  Hon.  Ellis  H.  Roberts,  LL.D. : 

"  His  wide  range  of  reading  and  meditation,  his  acquaintance  with 
the  themes  which  occupy  men's  minds  and  concern  institutions  and 
government,  his  familiarity  with  distinguished  persons  in  many  fields 
of  labor,  and  his  intimate  conversance  with  the  best  authors  in  prose 
and  poetry,  in  our  own  and  other  tongues,  illustrated  the  ripeness  of 
culture,  the  activity  and  scope  of  intellectual  life,  the  fulness  of  man- 
hood which  we  all  recognize.  , 

"  His  mastery  of  the  English  language  was  as  apparent  in  the  in- 
formal talks  of  our  little  circle  as  in  his  most  elaborate  productions, 
and  it  was  the  simple  beauty  and  richness  of  beaten  gold  at  hand  for 
daily  use.  His  social  and  moral  qualities  were  such  as  few  attain. 
They  were  the  expression  of  a  soul  unselfish,  aspiring,  true,  and 
worthy,  taking  thankfully  the  good  in  his  fellows,  generous  but  not 
blind  to  their  faults,  attuned  to  the  perpetual  melody  of  principle  and 
thought  and  life. 

"  '  Such  harmony  is  in  immortal  souls.'  " 


MEMORIAL  OF  THE  DARTMOUTH  ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION 
OF    THE    NORTHWEST. 

ADOPTED  AT  THE  FIFTH  ANNUAL  REUNION,  JANUARY  15,  1886. 

Whereas,  Recently,  three  of  the  most  eminent  members  *  of  the 
Faculty  of  Dartmouth  College  during  the  last  half  century  have  de- 
parted this  life, 

*  See  Appendix  VIII. 


MEMORIAL.  45 

Resolved,  That  we  desire  to  express  our  appreciation  of  the  val- 
ue of  their  long  and  faithful  service  in  their  respective  departments  ; 
and  as  many  of  us  were  under  their  instruction,  we  gladly  put  on  rec- 
ord our  testimony  to  their  ability  and  success  as  teachers  ;  and  we 
desire  also  to  express  the  hope  that  our  Alma  Mater  may  ever  have 
in  her  corps  of  instructors  men  of  the  accomplished  scholarship  and 
refinement  of  Professor  BROWN,  the  fidelity  and  gentle  spirit  of  Pro- 
fessor NOYES,  the  full  knowledge  and  "large  roundabout  common- 
sense  "  of  Professor  SANBORN. 


Attention  was  called  to  the  death  of  the  three  ex-Professors  at  other 
meetings  of  Dartmouth  Alumni,  during  the  winter  of  1885-86,  e.g.,  in 
Boston,  New  York,  Washington,  and  Cincinnati,  and  honors  were  paid 
to  their  memory.  Special  mention  may  be  made  of  the  meeting  in 
Boston,  January  27,  1886,  the  remarks  there  of  the  Hon.  Walbridge 
A.  Field,  and  the  warm  tribute  of  the  Hon.  John  L.  Hayes  to  the 
character  of  Dr.  BROWN,  his  college  classmate  and  life-long  friend. 


The  Faculty  of  Dartmouth  College  has  requested  the  Rev.  WILL- 
IAM J.  TUCKER,  D.D.,  Professor  in  Andover  Theological  Seminary, 
a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  in  1861,  and  now  a  member  of  its  Board  of 
Trustees,  to  deliver  in  Hanover  an  address  commemorative  of  Drs. 
BROWN,  NOYES,  and  SANBORN. 


IX. 


[A  few  contributions  to  this  Memorial  from  friends  who  saw  much  of  Dr.  BROWN 
during  the  later  years  of  his  life  are  here  grouped  together.] 

FROM  PROFESSOR  EDWARD  NORTH,  L.H.D.,  OF  HAMILTON 

COLLEGE. 


THE  leading  events  in  President  BROWN'S  administration,  briefly 
stated  in  their  historical  order,  were  these  : 

1.  The  erection  in  1867  of  the  new  President's  house,  to  replace 
the  house  built  for  President  Backus  in  1813. 

2.  The  election  in  1868  of  Professor  E.  W.  Root  to  the  Childs 
Professorship  of  Chemistry,  and  the  election  of  Professor  A.  H.  Ches- 
ter to  the  same  chair,  after  the  death  of  Professor  Root  in  1870. 

3.  The  interior  renovation  of  the  College  Chapel  in  1868,  and  the 
introduction  of  the  Chapel  organ  in  1870. 

4.  The  election  in  1869  of  Rev.  A.  G.  Hopkins  to  the  Latin  Pro- 
fessorship, as  the  successor  of  Professor  W.  N.  McHarg. 

5.  The  first  New  York  Reunion  of  Hamilton  Alumni,  held  at  the 
Astor  House,  January  21,  1869,  with  addresses  by  the  Hon.  Charles 
P.  Kirkland,  President  BROWN,  Chancellor  Pruyn,  Daniel  Hunting- 
ton,  Professor  T.  W.  Dwight,  and  others. 

6.  The  election  in  1870  of  Professor  Samuel  D.  Wilcox  to  the 
Kingsley  Chair  of  Rhetoric  and  Elocution,  as  the  successor  of  Pro- 
fessor Anson  J.  Upson  ;  and  the  election  in  1872  of  Professor  Henry 
A.  Frink  as  the  successor  of  Professor  Wilcox. 

7.  The  election  in  1870  of  Professor  Chester  Huntington  to  the 
Chair  of  Physics,  after  he  had  served  the  College  one  year  as  a  tutor. 

8.  The  election  in  1871  of  Rev.  Dr.  John  W.  Mears  to  the  Albert 
Barnes  Professorship  of  Moral  Philosophy. 

9.  The  inauguration  in  1872  of  the  Perry  H.  Smith  Library  Hall 
and  Art  Gallery,  with  addresses  by  President  BROWN,  Rev.  Dr.  N. 


MEMORIAL.  47 

W.  Goertner,  Hon.  O.  S.  Williams,  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  Kendall,  Rev.  Dr. 
James  Eells,  and  others. 

10.  The  dedication  in  1873  of  the  monument  in  the  College  Cem- 
etery to  Rev.  Samuel  Kirkland,  with  addresses  by  President  BROWN, 
Hon.  O.  S.  Williams,  Hon.  Horatio  Seymour,  Dr.  S.  B.  Woolworth, 
Daniel  Sconondoa,  and  others. 

11.  The  restoration  and  reopening  of  South  College  in  1874,  under 
its  new  name  of  Hungerford  Hall,  in  honor  of  Hon.  John  N.  Hunger- 
ford,  of  Elmira. 

12.  The  public  services  commemorative  of  Rev.  Dr.  S.  W.  Fisher 
(who  died  January  18,  1874),  with  addresses  by  Judge  W.  J.  Bacon, 
President   BROWN,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  J.  Brown. 

13.  The  appointment  in  1874  of  Professor  H.  C.  G.  Brandt  as  In- 
structor in  Modern  Languages. 

14.  The  amendment  of  the  College  Charter,  in  1875,  giving  to  the 
graduates  of  the  College  the  privilege  of  electing  four  representatives 
in  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

15.  The  Utica  reception  of  Dr.  C.  H.  F.  Peters,  in  June,  1875,  after 
his  return  from  New  Zealand,  with  addresses  by  Judge  W.  J.  Bacon, 
Judge  Johnson,  Dr.  John  P.  Gray,  and  others. 

1 6.  The  placing  in  the  Chapel  belfry,  June  4,  1877,  of  the  Howard 
Clock,  presented  to  the  College  by  Mr.  John  Wanamaker,  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

17.  The  election  in  1878  of  Professor  Ambrose  P.  Kelsey  to  the 
Chair  of  Natural  History,  endowed  by  Mrs.  Valeria  G.  Stone,  of  Mai- 
den, Mass. 

1 8.  The  election  in  1880  of  Professor  Oren  Root,  Jr.,  to  the  Pro- 
fessorship of  Mathematics,  as  the  successor  of  Professor  Oren  Root,  Sr. 


That  the  administration  of  Dr.  BROWN  was  fruitful  of  good  results 
is  clearly  inferable  from  the  foregoing  statement  of  facts.  His  record 
may  be  looked  at  in  another  way  by  comparing  it  with  the  record  of 
his  predecessors  in  the  same  office.  Dr.  Azel  Backus  held  the  Presi- 
dency three  years,  and  gave  33  diplomas  to  graduates  and  honorary 
alumni.  Dr.  Henry  Davis  gave  329  diplomas  in  seventeen  classes ; 
Dr.  Sereno  E.  Dwight  gave  39  diplomas  in  two  classes  ;  Dr.  Joseph 
Penny  53  diplomas  in  three  classes  ;  Dr.  Simeon  North  661  diplomas 
in  nineteen  classes  ;  Dr.  Samuel  W.  Fisher  306  diplomas  in  eight 
classes  ;  Dr.  SAMUEL  G.  BROWN  775  diplomas  in  fifteen  classes. 

Memories  of  the  daily  life  of  Dr.  BROWN  bring  unfailing  satisfac- 
tion to  one  who  walked  with  him,  talked  with  him,  and  worked  with 


48  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

him,  on  College  Hill,  for  fourteen  busy,  anxious  years.  To  meet^him 
as  he  started  for  the  morning  chapel  was  finding  new  sources  of  enjoy- 
ment and  new  strength  for  the  duties  of  the  day.  His  sensitive  nature 
was  quickly  responsive  to  the  inspirations  of  a  new  day  in  early  sum- 
mer, to  the  subtle  fragrances  from  the  trees  and  the  lawns,  to  the 
changing  colors  of  the  distant  hills,  and  the  songs  of  birds.  His 
manner  of  conducting  a  religious  service  was  very  impressive  in  its 
simplicity,  its  reverent  earnestness,  and  the  entire  absence  of  anything 
like  personal  display.  His  sermons  were  wholesome  food  for  thought, 
solid  material  for  the  building  of  a  noble  character,  generous  helps  to 
young  men  who  were  striving  to  be  made  beautiful  within.  His  wide 
reading  brought  to  him  for  argument  or  illustration  all  the  treasures  of 
the  past,  and,  in  the  use  of  history  and  literature,  his  trained  intellect, 
his  ripe  wisdom,  his  rhetorical  skill  were  unerring  guides.  A  volume 
of  his  sermons  and  addresses  would  be  a  valuable  addition  to  our  na- 
tional literature. 

At  meetings  of  the  College  Faculty,  where  character  sometimes 
meets  its  crucial  test,  President  BROWN  never  lost  his  self-control,  or 
his  habitual  courtesy  and  love  of  even-handed  justice.  His  hatred  of 
all  crooked  self-seeking  was  intense.  In  dealing  with  selfish  intrigues 
and  shams  it  was  possible  for  him  to  "  be  angry  and  sin  not,"  when  his 
own  daily  life  and  conversation  were  so  exemplary  in  all  that  is  pure, 
unselfish,  honorable,  and  of  good  report.  To  say  these  things  is  only 
repeating  what  has  been  already  said  in  more  befitting  words  in  the 
addresses  that  followed  the  sudden  death  of  Dr.  BROWN.  His  life  and 
character  will  bear  the  light  of  close  analysis  and  scrutiny.  He  will 
be  enrolled  on  the  list  of  prominent  Americans  as  one  whose  profound 
and  accurate  learning  was  a  power  used  without  pedantry  or  osten- 
tation, whose  intellectual  strength  was  a  sword  wreathed  with  myrtle, 
whose  home-life  was  as  beautiful  and  sweet  as  his  public  career  was 
honorably  useful  and  blameless. 


FROM  THE  REV.  ISAAC  S.  HARTLEY,  D.D.,  OF  UTICA,  N.  Y. 

No  words  at  my  command  can  adequately  express  the  loss  I  have 
sustained  in  the  sudden  death  of  your  loved  and  honored  father. 
While  I  had  known  him  many  years,  and  occasionally  visited  him  at 
his  home,  it  was  not  till  he  became  a  fellow-townsman  that  my  ac- 
quaintance grew  into  friendship,  and  that  that  friendship  bloomed  and 
ripened  into  love  (may  I  say?)  as  pure  and  unsullied  as  bud  that  ever 
unfolded. 

During  the  last  few  years,  when  he  was  comparatively  free  from 


MEMORIAL.  49 

active  duties  and  at  home,  he  honored  me  almost  daily  with  his  com- 
panionship ;  and  as  in  many  respects  we  had  common  interests  and 
common  pleasures,  these  many  hours  will  long  be  remembered.  .  .  . 
His  simplicity  and  gracefulness  of  manner,  his  ease,  sincerity,  and 
naturalness  were  exceedingly  winsome,  and  led  you  at  once  to  feel  that 
you  were  in  the  society  of  one  to  whom  you  could  tell,  if  need  be,  your 
most  hidden  secrets,  and  experience  no  check,  nor  suffer  betrayal. 
Few  sooner  gained  your  confidence  or  were  more  easily  approached  ; 
fewer  still  more  sympathetic  and  listening.  His  extensive  and  varied 
reading,  his  close  and  exhaustive  study,  his  knowledge  of  philosophy 
and  familiarity  with  the  teachings  of  the  schools,  made  him  quick  and 
ready  in  thought ;  while  his  scholarly  taste,  united  with  a  faultless 
style,  brought  that  thought  to  you  clothed  in  the  richest  yet  simplest 
apparel.  I  believe  few  could  more  easily  command  their  attainments, 
or  have  them  respond  more  promptly  to  appeal.  When,  as  frequently 
happened,  questions  relating  to  the  State  came  up  for  remark,  the 
readiness  with  which  he  discussed  them  and  his  reference  to  errors 
made  by  other  nationalities  in  solving  like  or  similar  difficulties  were 
truly  phenomenal.  .  .  .  Themes  social,  economic,  and  philan- 
thropic found  in  him  also  a  devout  student ;  and  whenever  alluded  to 
he  discussed  them  with  unusual  fluency,  his  words  ever  revealing 
previous  reflection,  as  well  as  the  possession  of  the  calm,  judicial 
mind. 

But  the  subject  to  which,  perhaps,  he  most  frequently  reverted  in 
these  hours  by  the  way,  as  well  as  when  surrounded  with  his  more 
intimate  friends,  was  Christianity  and  its  influence  ;  what  it  had 
wrought,  what  it  was  working,  and  what  he  believed  it  would  some 
day  include  in  its  holy  grasp.  With  him  it  was  no  mere  creed  or  set 
of  defined  doctrines,  but  a  life,  a  force — and  a  divine  life  and  force. 
.  .  .  No  one  could  spend  an  hour  with  your  father  without  ad- 
miring his  catholicity  of  spirit.  ...  In  the  ministerial  meeting 
his  presence  was  anxiously  looked  for,  and  when  he  spoke  on  the  ques- 
tion under  discussion,  his  wisdom,  humility,  and  sweetness  of  spirit 
wooed  and  won.  .  .  .  While  most  judicious  in  commending,  he 
was  very  courteous  in  reproof.  His  courteousness  was  not  artfulness, 
any  more  than  his  honesty  and  integrity  were  guarded.  I  never  knew 
him  speak  a  harsh  word.  He  seldom  talked  about  the  living,  there 
seemingly  being  a  sacredness  about  personality  which  he  was  unwill- 
ing to  disturb.  Nor  did  he  carry  any  concealed  armor.  ...  I 
pray  that  the  spirit  of  his  life  may  not  be  lost  upon  me.  Sometimes 
I  find  myself 

.     .     .     "  Waiting  for  a  hand, 
A  hand  that  can  be  clasp'd  no  more." 


50  SAMUEL  OILMAN  BROWN. 

As  he  looks  down  upon  me  from  my  study  wall,  I  feel  I  am  the 
constant  recipient  of  a  silent  benediction.  In  our  common  loneliness 
and  sorrow,  how  comforting,  however,  to  know  that 

41  The  dead  are  like  the  stars  by  day, 

Unseen  by  mortal  eye, 
But  not  extinct ;  they  hold  their  way 
In  glory  through  the  sky." 


FROM  THE  REV.  WILLIAM  P.  FISHER,  PASTOR  OF  THE  CONGRE- 
GATIONAL CHURCH,  BRUNSWICK,  ME. 

In  the  two  years  of  Dr.  BROWN'S  teaching  in  Bowdoin  College,  the 
esteem  and  appreciation  were  generally  accorded  to  him  which  were 
naturally  his  due.  .  .  .  But  I  accounted  myself  especially  fortu- 
nate in  the  circumstances  which  allowed  me  his  intimacy.  The  varied, 
entertaining,  and  instructive  conversation,  the  inexhaustible  familiarity 
with  men  and  things,  the  unfailing  courtesy  and  uniform  cheerfulness, 
the  prudent  counsels,  the  hearty  sympathy  and  aid  in  emergencies, 
were  greatly  valued  at  the  time  as  they  are  held  in  grateful  remem- 
brance. That  benevolent  face,  handsome  with  its  fresh  color  and 
white  locks,  remains  to  me  the  representative  of  a  graceful,  gracious, 
and  devout  old  age.  It  was  a  rare  friendship.  I  used  sometimes  to 
ask  myself  what  must  be  the  value  and  delight  of  such  a  companion- 
ship in  all  the  life.  It  was  delightful  to  see  the  exceptional  charm  of 
his  good-fellowship  in  society,  continued  in  the  intimacy  of  the  home 
circle,  and  only  improving  with  intimacy. 


In  connection  with  a  memorial  window  in  the  Congregational 
Church  at  Brunswick,  Me.,  commemorating  the  Rev.  Professor  Alpheus 
Spring  Packard,  D.D.,  of  Bowdoin  College,*  the  Rev.  W.  P.  Fisher 
made,  on  Sunday,  November  15,  1885,  a  few  remarks  about  Dr. 
BROWN,  to  which  the  following  extract  refers  : 

*  Alpheus  Spring  Packard,  D.D.,  was  born  at  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  December 
23,  1798  ;  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College  in  1816 ;  tutor  there  from  1819  to  1824  ; 
Professor  of  the  Greek  and  Latin  Languages  from  1824  to  1865  ;  and  Collins  Pro- 
fessor of  Natural  and  Revealed  Religion  from  1865  until  his  death.  He  was  or- 
dained to  the  Congregational  Ministry  May  16,  1850,  and  received  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1869.  He  died  suddenly  at  Squirrel 
Island,  Me.,  July  13,  1884,  having  made  the  excursion  from  Brunswick  in  the  com- 
pany of  a  few  friends,  of  whom  Dr.  BROWN  was  one. 


MEMORIAL.  51 

{Brunsivick   Telegraph,  November  20,  1885.] 

The  choice  of  the  style  of  window  was  greatly  due  to  the  efforts  of  the  late  Rev. 
Dr.  BROWN,  whose  knowledge  of  men  across  the  water  and  the  architectural  de- 
signs of  foreign  windows  aided  very  much  to  secure  the  tasteful  and  appropriate 
memorial  which  has  been  placed  in  the  north  transept  gallery  of  the  Congregational 
Church,  of  which  Professor  Packard  was  so  long  a  member  and  officer.  The  tender 
and  appreciative  tribute  paid  to  the  memory  of  Rev.  Dr.  BROWN  by  the  pastor 
was  listened  to  with  deep  interest  by  all  his  hearers.  The  two  venerated  officers 
of  the  College  were  in  intimate  association  during  the  two  years  of  Dr.  BROWN'S 
residence  among  us,  and  were  together  when  the  final  hour  came  for  the  beloved 
Professor  Packard.  They  were  alike  in  their  Christian  courtesy,  their  literary 
tastes,  and  both,  while  deeply  religious  men,  were  genial  and  social  to  a  remarkable 
degree,  and  interested  in  the  welfare  of  all  around  them.  The  window  may  there- 
fore be  considered  a  memorial  to  both. 


X. 

[Out  of  many  notices  published  in  the  daily  and  weekly  newspapers,  the  follow- 
ing have  been  selected :] 

FROM   THE  UTICA  MORNING  HERALD. 
NOVEMBER  5,  1885. 

THOSE  who  knew  Dr.  BROWN  well  could  not  fail  to  be  charmed  by 
the  graces  of  his  character  and  the  generous  and  catholic  spirit  which 
pervaded  all  his  acts.  His  Christian  charity  under  trial  was  a  model 
for  imitation.  It  was  the  fruit  of  inwrought  conviction  and  principle, 
as  well  as  of  a  disposition  naturally  attractive.  His  scholarship  was 
very  thorough  and  without  a  particle  of  affectation.  He  was  deeply 
versed  in  English  literature  of  every  period,  and  was  a  master  of  the 
works  of  the  great  orators  who  have  made  glorious  our  mother  tongue. 
In  command  of  the  English  language  he  had  very  few  peers,  and  his 
mastery  was  manifest  on  the  least  formal  occasion. 

Dr.  BROWN  mingled  with  men  and  attracted  them  to  him.  His 
acquaintance  was  large  with  the  most  noted  and  the  most  accomplished 
of  our  scholars  and  statesmen,  as  well  as  with  clergymen  of  all  de- 
nominations. He  enjoyed  the  society  of  well-informed  persons,  and 
always  had  something  to  communicate  calculated  to  arouse  thought. 
His  companionship  was  delightful,  and  without  any  assumption  he 
was  recognized  in  every  gathering  as  a  leader  of  men.  With  the 
modesty  of  scholarship,  he  had  the  strength  of  a  full  and  true  char- 
acter, of  opinions  well  founded,  of  accomplishments  which  were  the 
fruitage  of  a  life  of  study  and  of  work. 

As  President  of  Hamilton  College,  Dr.  BROWN  accomplished  re- 
sults which  will  be  remembered  as  long  as  the  institution  endures. 
He  won  the  affection  as  he  commanded  the  esteem  of  all  of  his  pupils. 
His  teaching  was  without  the  least  attempt  at  sensation.  It  was  ear- 
nest, genuine,  and  suggestive,  and  fruitful.  No  student  ever  gave 
heed  to  his  instruction  without  permanent  effect  upon  his  training  and 
culture.  Since  his  resignation  as  president  he  has  retained  his  posi- 
tion as  trustee  and  as  a  member  of  the  Executive  Committee,  and  has 


MEMORIAL.  53 

rendered  valuable  service  to  the  institution.  His  loss  will  be  felt  in 
its  councils.  As  an  educator  he  held  to  the  conservative  methods,  to 
thoroughness  of  discipline,  and  to  study  for  its  own  sake  and  for  the 
enlightenment  and  elevation  of  character.  Such  a  man  is  a  torch- 
bearer  wherever  his  steps  lead. 


FROM   THE  UTICA  OBSERVER. 
NOVEMBER  4,  1885. 

So  symmetrical  a  character  as  Dr.  BROWN'S  is  not  easily  analysed. 
In  all  directions  so  evenly  developed  was  he,  that  it  is  difficult  to  point 
to  this  quality  or  that  as  the  secret  of  his  greatness.  There  was  in 
him  the  rarest  combination  of  strength  and  gentleness.  No  man  was 
firmer  in  his  convictions  or  truer  to  the  Christian  principles  by  which, 
throughout  all  his  life,  he  had  sought  to  guide  both  thought  and  action. 
At  the  same  time  none  was  ever  more  tolerant  and  charitable,  both 
because  a  tender,  loving,  sympathetic  heart  controlled  and  directed 
his  strength,  and  because  his  large  knowledge  as  a  student  of  history, 
of  humanity  and  human  affairs,  delivered  him  from  partisanship,  and 
made  him  incapable  of  the  egotism  which  manifests  itself  in  zeal 
against  all  opinions  and  practices  which  are  not  its  own.  He  was  pre- 
eminently a  scholar,  broad  and  liberal,  bringing  to  every  subject  a 
sincere  and  earnest  mind,  capable  by  nature  and  through  long  training 
of  calm,  independent,  and  thorough  investigation.  His  enthusiasm 
was  most  kindled  by  his  life-long  labors  as  an  instructor,  to  which 
work  he  brought  inspiration  joined  with  unlimited  painstaking. 
Everywhere  he  was  recognized  as  one  of  the  foremost  teachers  of  our 
country.  He  was,  too,  a  most  graceful  writer  and  speaker,  and  some 
of  the  best  work  of  his  life  was  done  in  the  pulpit,  where  the  strength 
of  his  mind  and  the  goodness  of  his  heart  were  equally  manifested. 


FROM    THE    UTICA   DAILY    PRESS. 
NOVEMBER  5,  1885. 

Dr.  BROWN  was  a  man  of  many  amiable  qualities  and  rare  ability. 
As  a  scholar  he  had  few  equals,  and  he  was  a  man  of  remarkable  liter- 
ary culture.  He  was  a  strong  and  clear  writer,  and  his  articles  were 
always  both  entertaining  and  instructive.  He  was  best  known  in  this 
vicinity  as  President  of  Hamilton  College.  In  his  administration  of 
the  affairs  of  that  institution,  his  work  was  characterized  by  honesty 


54  SAMUEL   OILMAN  BROWN. 

of  purpose  and  faithful  discharge  of  every  duty.  Of  a  gentle  man- 
ner and  a  kindly  heart,  he  won  the  respect  of  all  who  knew  him.  He 
was  a  man  of  firm  conviction  and  unswerving  devotion  to  what  he 
regarded  as  right.  Wherever  he  spoke,  and  whatever  the  occasion, 
Hamilton  had  an  able  representative.  In  his  intercourse  with  the 
students  he  was  friendly,  and  bore  himself  in  such  a  way  as  to  impress 
them  in  his  favor.  As  a  disciplinarian  he  had  the  courage  to  do 
whatever  he  thought  the  case  required,  but  preferred  mild  measures 
where  they  would  accomplish  the  desired  result.  His  sermons  were 
always  full  of  thought  and  power,  and  were  listened  to  attentively. 
His  services  as  a  preacher  were  much  sought,  and  he  spoke  to  large 
audiences  when  he  could  do  so  consistently  with  his  duties  at  the  col- 
lege. It  was,  however,  in  the  class-room  that  Dr.  BROWN  was  most 
at  home.  He  was  as  familiar  with  his  subjects  as  with  the  merest 
rudiments  of  science,  and  had  invaluable  resources  of  mind  and  in- 
formation. He  taught  all  the  text-book  suggested  and  more,  and 
added  observations  and  ideas  of  his  own  that  were  of  priceless 
worth.  His  kindly  way  endeared  him  to  the  students  and  gained  their 
affections.  His  lectures  to  the  classes  showed  his  wonderful  scholas- 
tic attainments,  and  never  failed  to  win  the  admiration  of  his  hearers. 
No  one  was  ever  absent  from  his  place  when  Dr.  BROWN  was  to 
lecture.  His  relations  with  the  Faculty  were  such  as  to  gain  for  him 
their  hearty  support.  In  his  family  he  was  an  affectionate  husband 
and  father,  and  his  home  life  was  always  pleasant.  To  know  Dr. 
BROWN  was  to  admire  his  ability,  to  be  charmed  by  his  manner,  and 
to  respect  his  Christian  manliness. 


FROM  THE  HANOVER  (N.  H.)  GAZETTE. 
NOVEMBER  7,  1885. 

The  death  of  Rev.  Dr.  SAMUEL  GILMAN  BROWN,  announced  by 
telegraph  Wednesday,  brings  sadness  to  the  hearts  of  the  old  friends 
and  neighbors  in  Hanover,  to  whom  he  was  so  well  known,  and  by 
whom  he  was  so  greatly  beloved.  This  is  not  the  time  and  place  for 
an  extended  eulogy,  but  it  seems  fitting  to  say  a  few  words  here  and 
now  of  one  whose  life  among  us  for  many  years  was  so  helpful,  so 
courteous,  and  so  kind  ;  whose  departure  has  been  so  permanently 
regretted,  whose  work  in  the  College  has  left  such  enduring  influence, 
and  whose  sudden  death,  at  Utica,  N.  y.,  will  be  so  deeply  deplored. 

It  was  greatly  desired  and  hoped  that  after  his  work  there  [at  Ham- 
ilton College]  was  finished,  and  he  could  turn  to  less  wearing  and  per- 


MEMORIAL.  55 

plexing  duties,  we  might  have  him  back  again  in  the  old  familiar  home, 
and  among  the  friends  of  his  early  life.  It  will  always  be  a  source  of 
regret  to  those  who  loved  him  here  that  this  hope  was  frustrated. 
But  it  has  been  very  pleasant  for  us  to  know  how  fully  his  heart  was 
here,  and  to  receive  the  cordial  clasp  of  his  hand  in  his  not  infrequent 
visits  to  Hanover.  In  Dr.  BROWN'S  death  the  last  link  seems  to  be 
severed  which  bound  us  to  those  early  days  of  the  College,  when  his 
father's  young  hand  had  the  helm  amid  the  troubled  sea  of  a  conflict 
which  came  near  destroying  its  very  life.  One  by  one  we  are  going  to 
join  the  peaceful  sleepers  in  the  old  graveyard.  But  our  work  does 
not  go  there  with  us.  Force  is  never  lost.  We  are  glad  to  know  that 
every  blow  struck  for  the  right  will  vibrate  on  forever,  and  every 
example  of  a  pure  and  noble  life  will  continue  to  do  good  somehow 
and  somewhere  throughout  the  coming  ages.  The  words  of  Dr.  Gur- 
ley's  hymn  express  the  aspirations  of  our  hearts  : 

"  Kept  peaceful  in  the  midst  of  strife, 

Forgiving  and  forgiven  ; 
So  may  we  walk  the  pilgrim  life, 
And  find  the  path  to  heaven." 


FROM  THE  NEW  YORK  EVANGELIST. 
NOVEMBER  12,  1885. 

The  sudden  death  of  ex-President  BROWN,  of  Hamilton  College, 
has  carried  unusual  keenness  of  grief  to  a  very  large  circle  of  devoted 
and  admiring  friends.  His  rare  antecedents  and  opportunities,  his 
noble  qualities  of  head  and  heart,  his  broad  and  varied  culture,  his 
fine  Christian  character,  and  his  long,  distinguished  service  in  conspic- 
uous positions,  are  now  all  gathered  to  a  focus  in  our  recollection  of 
the  man  and  his  work.  Such  completeness  and  symmetry,  both  of 
character  and  career,  are  seldom  achieved.  .  .  .  His  pupils  always 
spoke  of  him  with  great  affection,  reverence,  and  gratitude. 

The  last  few  weeks  of  his  busy  life  were  passed  in  New  York  City 
with  his  son,  Francis  Brown,  Professor  in  the  Union  Theological  Sem- 
inary [and  other  friends].  On  Friday,  October  3oth,  he  was  present 
in  Adams  Chapel  to  hear  Archdeacon  Farrar,  and  offered  the  intro- 
ductory prayer.  Saturday  evening,  October  3ist,  he  attended  the 
regular  weekly  meeting  of  Chi  Alpha,  a  clerical  association,  of  which 
he  had  been  made  a  permanent  guest.  The  Monday  following  he  re- 
joined his  family  at  Utica.  On  Tuesday  he  complained  of  pectoral 


56  SAMUEL   OILMAN   BROWN. 

oppression,  indicative  of  heart  disease,  and  early  on  Wednesday  morn- 
ing, the  4th  of  November,  died  instantaneously,  without  a  struggle,  and 
apparently  without  pain.  There  was  no  movement  of  hand  or  feature. 
The  heart  simply  stood  still,  and  the  face  looked  calm  and  sweet  in  its 
last  repose. 

On  Friday  morning,  November  6th,  a  funeral  service  was  held  in 
the  Westminster  Presbyterian  Church,  Utica  (which  President  BROWN 
had  attended),  conducted  by  the  pastor,  Dr.  Thomas  J.  Brown,  as- 
sisted by  Dr.  Isaac  S.  Hartley,  of  the  Reformed  Church,  Utica ;  Dr. 
Thomas  B.  Hudson,  of  Clinton  ;  and  Professor  A.  Grosvenor  Hopkins, 
of  Hamilton  College.  The  latter  made  a  somewhat  extended  address, 
which  was  singularly  appropriate,  touching,  and  impressive. 

The  body  of  the  dead  President  was  borne  on  Saturday  to  his  old 
home,  in  Hanover,  N.  H.,  where  his  parents  and  two  of  his  children  lie 
buried.  The  interment  was  on  Sunday  afternoon,  the  8th  of  November. 


FROM  THE  INDEPENDENT. 
NEW  YORK,  NOVEMBER  12,  1885. 

From  his  father  Dr.  BROWN  inherited  many  of  his  characteristics, 
and,  to  a  singular  degree,  his  career.  From  him  was  derived  his  re- 
fined elegance  of  person  and  manner,  his  academic  type  and  scholarly 
tastes,  his  love  of  philosophy  and  of  music,  and  the  faultless  style  and 
diction  which  were  the  delight  of  his  friends. 


Like  his  father,  he  was  invited  to  the  Presidency  of  Hamilton, 
though,  unlike  him,  he  was  persuaded  to  accept  the  office.  He  was 
a  finished  and  thoughtful  preacher,  a  useful  teacher,  a  fine  scholar, 
and  a  man  of  the  highest  refinement,  purity,  simplicity,  and  fidelity. 
As  professor  and  as  president  he  sustained  himself  with  dignity  and 
wisdom,  which  shone  the  brightest  in  adverse  circumstances.  The 
administrative  power,  as  a  ruler  of  men  and  manager  of  affairs,  which 
enabled  the  father  to  carry  Dartmouth  triumphantly  through  its  con- 
test against  President  Wheelock  and  the  State  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  which  won  the  admiration  of  Webster,  Jeremiah  Mason,  and  Rufus 
Choate,  took,  in  the  son,  a  different  direction,  and  appeared  in  the 
fine  qualities  of  his  mind  and  heart. 


MEMORIAL.  57 

FROM   THE  ABBOT   COURANT. 
ANDOVER,  MASS.,  JUNE,  1886. 

It  may  be  said  of  Dr.  BROWN  that,  as  his  spirit  and  speech  were 
under  strong  self-control,  so  were  his  mental  powers  held  under  the 
same  masterful  command.  In  his  home,  always  made  sunny  by  his 
presence,  "  the  study"  was  the  favorite  family  resort.  Wife  and  chil- 
dren and  other  members  of  the  household,  with  guests  not  a  few — 
who  so  often  and  so  cordially  were  counted  among  them — were  always 
welcomed  there,  and  however  he  might  be  absorbed  in  writing  or  read- 
ing, his  heart  was  always  so  "at  leisure  from  itself"  that  book  or  pen 
could  at  once  be  laid  aside,  to  give  undivided  attention  to  whatever 
called  for  his  sympathy  or  interest  from  the  oldest  to  the  youngest  of 
his  large  family.  No  interruption  could  break  the  calm  flow  of  his 
thoughts.  The  pen  would  be  again  taken  up,  and  the  thread  of  thought 
run  on  as  if  the  silence  had  been  unbroken  and  no  jar  felt.  It  was 
an  extraordinary  exception,  and  only  when  writing  under  great  press- 
ure of  time,  that  he  would  ask  to  be  alone.  His  fondness  for  music 
was  so  great  that,  so  far  from  being  annoyed  at  the  sound  of  the  piano 
when  writing  a  sermon  or  a  lecture,  it  was  to  him  an  unconscious  in- 
spiration, and  he  would  say,  "I  write  the  better  for  it." 

The  higher  forms  of  music  were  to  him  a  great  delight.  He  often 
said  that  whatever  of  correct  taste  he  had  in  this  direction  was  largely 
due  to  his  familiarity  when  in  college  with  the  old  Handel  and  Haydn 
collection  of  church  music. 

The  symphonies  of  Mendelssohn  and  Beethoven — his  favorite  Ora- 
torios of  "  The  Messiah,"  "  The  Creation,"  and  "  Elijah  "—the  Masses 
of  Haydn  and  Mozart,  yielded  rich  satisfaction  to  a  soul  so  attuned  to 
all  that  is  high  and  grand  and  sacred  in  art  no  less  than  in  letters. 
This  keen  sensitiveness  to  the  beautiful,  the  delicate,  the  noble,  where- 
ever  found,  which  gave  such  freshness  and  intensity  to  his  enjoyment 
of  life,  never  lost  its  fine  edge. 


XI. 

[Many  letters  of  sympathy  have  been  received  from  all  parts  of  the  country 
and  from  other  lands.  A  few  extracts  are  here  given,  the  first  being  from  a 
recent  graduate  of  Hamilton  College  :] 


THREE  men  stand  out  as  great  factors  in  my  life  :  Dr.  N ,  Dr. 

BROWN,  and  my  father.  I  cannot  be  too  thankful  that  before  enter- 
ing college  I  had  the  advantage  of  the  high  estimate  which  Dr.  N 

and  my  father  had  of  Dr.  BROWN,  and  so  was  prepared  to  give  him 
my  confidence.  I  think  that  it  was  during  the  summer  of  the  year  in 
which  I  went  to  Clinton  that  he  occupied  Dr.  N 's  pulpit.  I  re- 
member very  well  the  pleasure  which  his  sermons  gave  my  father. 
.  .  .  Then  followed  the  four  years  at  Hamilton,  during  which  I 
learned  to  love  as  well  as  to  admire  Dr.  BROWN. 

The  afternoon  on  which  I  received  the  news  of  his  death  I  read  to 
myself,  and  then  to  a  friend,  the  address  which  he  delivered  in  memory 
of  his  predecessor,  Dr.  Fisher,  and  went  to  the  Public  Library  for  his 
"  Life  of  Choate,"  but  it  was  out.  I  came  back  to  my  room  and  sat 
down,  thinking  I  would  send  some  expression  to  the  Evangelist,  for  it 
seemed  as  though  a  tribute  should  appear  from  some  one  of  the  many 
students  who  were  under  him ;  but  I  found  that  I  could  not  carry  out 
this  wish.  If  I  had  loved  him  less,  if  he  had  been  more  angular, 
I  might  have  written  something  ;  but  he  stood  before  me  in  such 
completeness  as  a  Christian  scholar  that  I  was  afraid  to  touch  his 
memory. 

Some  men  put  much  of  themselves  into  favorite  phrases.  How 
often  Dr.  BROWN  used  to  say  in  eulogy  upon  some  man  of  letters,  like 
G.  P.  Marsh,  that  "he  was  a  lover  of  learning."  Surely  he  himself 
was  that ;  and  in  such  an  unpretentious  way,  after  the  manner  of 
Socrates,  who  preferred  the  title  of  "  a  lover  of  wisdom  "  to  that  of 
"a  wise  man,"  he  would,  perhaps,  have  described  himself  upon  his 
intellectual  side.  Into  his  estimate  of  himself  in  this  and  in  other 
directions  there  entered  a  fine  Christian  humility,  which  added  its 


MEMORIAL.  59 

charm  to  those  rare  intellectual  qualities  and  qualifications,  into  the 
possession  of  which  he  had  come  by  inheritance  and  training. 

I  am  thankful  to  be  able  to  retain  the  memory  of  a  college  presi- 
dent who  was  not  disproportionately  developed  so  as  to  invite  an  un- 
fortunate imitation  of  special  points,  but  who  set  before  me  the  model 
of  a  complete  Christian  education.  He  was  instinctively  and  by  cult- 
ure a  gentleman.  How  large  in  conception  and  faultless  in  execution 
was  all  his  literary  work  !  How  varied  and  profound  his  attainments  ! 
Indeed,  he  was  a  true  lover  of  all  learning.  More  than  all  this,  he 
was  in  possession  of  a  Christian  character,  which  trial  only  served  to 
refine  and  make  visible  to  others.  "  It  has  not  been  my  fortune,"  said 
Senator  Hawley  at  our  Alumni  dinner,  "  to  come  in  contact  with  a 
sweeter  Christian  spirit." 

We  are  inclined  to  feel  in  such  a  death  that  too  much  is  buried  ; 
but  we  ought  rather  to  be  thankful  that  the  best  is  imperishable,  that 
"  life  in  death  survives,  and  the  uninterrupted  breath  inspires  "  many 
and  many  a  life. 


[Other  friends  sent  the  following :] 

How  loyally,  how  royally,  he  loved  his  friends  !  With  what  a  brave 
and  cheery  spirit  he  met  the  trials  of  every  day — with  what  patience 
and  forbearance  he  met  wrong-doing — with  what  courage  and  persis- 
tency he  battled  for  the  right !  It  seems  fitting  that  he  should  have 
been  spared  long  suffering,  and  the  decay  of  mental  power,  and  the 
anguish  of  parting  from  those  he  loved  so  fondly — and  that  the  one 
little  moment  should  have  placed  his  feet  on  the  other  side. 


He  who  always  was  so  full  of  bright,  loving,  gracious  life — it  hardly 
seems  possible  to  associate  death  with  him — I  would  rather  think  of 
the  life  immortal  with  Christ  which  he  has  entered,  where  there  is 
no  more  death,  nor  sorrow,  nor  pain,  and  where  all  tears  are  wiped 
away. 


How  beautiful  it  is  to  go  out  of  life  so  peacefully  !  It  seemed  so  in 
keeping  with  the  repose  which  President  BROWN  always  carried  in 
his  presence  to  almost  without  pain  pass  out  of  life  into  the  unknown 
blessedness  of  the  heavenly  life — so  like  his  Master  here,  to  be  made 
perfect  "even  as  He  is  perfect"  there.  Aside  from  the  loss  to  the 
dear  ones,  how  great  is  that  to  the  world  when  such  a  great,  true 
heart  and  noble  intellect  is  taken  from  it !  But  I  like  to  think  that 


60  SAMUEL   OILMAN  BROWN. 

the  power  of  such  lives  in  the  world  does  not  end  at  death,  but  that 
God  may  use  them  and  permit  them  to  finish  their  work  in  His  own 
way. 

After  such  a  noble,  honored,  and  useful  life,  translation  seems 
rather  the  saint's  reward  than  a  calamity  to  be  prayed  against,  and 
the  petition  of  the  Litany  seems  needed  most  for  the  friends  bereft. 

I  congratulate  you  on  the  blessed  memories  and  the  full  assurance 
of  hope  that  your  dear  father  has  left  to  you. 


I  believe  I  may  say  with  the  most  perfect  honesty,  that  of  all  faces 
which  ever  brightened  my  little  private  office,  there  never  was  any 
which  I  was  more  glad  to  see,  or  which  brought  more  geniality,  bright- 
ness, and  purity  with  it,  than  that  of  your  honored  father.  I  never 
enjoyed  the  pleasure  of  intimacy  with  him,  but  he  so  impressed  me 
with  the  sweetness  and  worth  of  his  humanity,  the  genuineness  of  his 
character  as  a  scholar,  and  the  refinement  of  his  whole  nature,  that  I 
always  felt  his  presence  as  a  benediction. 


.  .  .  I  do  not  see  how  we  can  be  otherwise  than  glad  for  those 
who  have  been  spared  the  long  agony  of  dying,  and  the  long  wear  of 
pain — who  fall  at  their  posts,  in  the  ripeness  and  fulness  of  their 
powers. 

I  never  knew  your  father, — but  he  made  the  same  impression  upon 
me  that  he  seems  to  have  made  upon  all  who  met  him,  even  in  the 
slightest  intercourse — the  impression  of  a  calm,  sweet,  and  wholly  har- 
monious nature,  with  the  large  wisdom  that  comes  from  a  deep  knowl- 
edge of  books  and  life  and  men.  The  charm  of  his  written  and  spoken 
word  was  felt  to  spring  from  a  perfectly  well-rounded  and  gracious 
personality,  as  well  as  from  his  full  mind  and  varied  knowledge.  I 
think  such  men  strengthen  our  belief  greatly  in  the  possibilities  of 
humanity,  and  through  their  completeness  give  more  than  a  hint  and 
suggestion  of  the  perfect  development  of  the  life  beyond  life. 


XII. 

[One  of  the  letters  written  by  Dr.  BROWN  after  his  return  to  Utica,  No- 
vember 2d,  was  addressed  to  the  Rev.  Frederick  A.  Adams,  Ph.D.,  of  Brick 
Church.  N.  J. ,  who  was  an  old  friend  of  College  and  Seminary  days.  It  is 
fitting  that  Dr.  Adams'  letter  addressed  to  one  of  Dr.  BROWN'S  children,  under 
date  of  November  5,  1885,  should  close  this  series  of  extracts :] 

I  WAS  startled  this  morning  on  seeing  in  The  Tribune  the  an- 
nouncement of  the  death  of  Rev.  SAMUEL  OILMAN  BROWN,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  the  more  because  it  is  but  a  few  days  since  your  father 
visited  me  in  my  house,  kindly  taking  the  pains  to  come  from 
New  York  City  for  that  purpose.  It  was  very  pleasant,  cheering, 
and  precious.  .  .  .  S.  G.  BROWN  and  I  had  been  friends  from 
an  early  time  in  my  college  life,  drawn  together  partly  by  our 
common  interest  in  the  Handel  Society.  ...  I  was  witness 
of  his  growing  power,  and  his  harmonizing  influence  in  the  College 
and  afterward  in  the  Seminary.  It  is  pleasant  now  to  remember 
how,  when  under  some  unfair  pressure,  he  had  it  in  him  to  waive 
his  own  clear  rights  for  the  sake  of  the  harmony  of  others.  Stand- 
ing where  I  now  do,  it  would  be  right  and  pious  to  forget  what  it 
would  be  painful  to  remember.  But  in  S.  G.  BROWN  I  know  of 
nothing  that  it  would  be  painful  to  remember. 

P.  M. — I  had  written  thus  far  this  morning,  when  I  was 
called  away  to  the  city ;  and  on  my  return  I  found  awaiting  me 
the  inclosed  letter  in  your  father's  own  hand.  It  would  have  been 
a  pleasant  surprise  in  any  case  to  receive  a  letter  so  soon  after  his 
visit ;  what  memories  does  it  now  awaken — now  that  the  hand 
that  wrote  it  is  still !  Happily  was  his  own  prayer  fulfilled — he 
was  not  called  to  witness  the  decay  of  his  own  powers  ! 

This  letter,  it  occurs  to  me,  may  possibly  be  among  the  last 
that  your  father  wrote.  With  this  thought  in  mind  I  will  make  a 
copy  of  it  for  my  own  use,  and  send  the  original  to  you,  which 
you  may  keep  if  you  desire. 


62  SAMUEL   OILMAN  BROWN. 

The  lovely  November  day  is  drawing  to  its  close.  As  I  watch 
its  fading  light  and  think  of  my  departed  friend  the  lines  of  Her- 
bert's little  hymn  come  to  me  : 

"  Sweet  day,  so  cool,  so  calm,  so  bright !  " 

In  the  faith  expressed  in  its  closing  stanza  I  offer  to  you  my 
word  of  sympathy  and  word  of  cheer. 


[The  letter  inclosed  by  Dr.  Adams  was  as  follows  :] 

UTICA,  372  Genesee  Street,  November  2,  1885. 
REV.  FREDERICK  A.  ADAMS,  PH.D., 

MY  DEAR  DOCTOR  :  I  have  no  doubt  that  you  have  more 
knowledge  of  Greek  in  your  little  finger  than  I  have  in  my  head, 
and  just  as  little  doubt  that  your  book  *  has  given  me  a  new  im- 
pression, a  new  conviction,  of  the  extreme  delicacy  and  flexibility 
of  the  Greek  language,  and  of  the  wonderful  precision  and  capa- 
bility of  the  Greek  mind.  If  half  what  you  say  is  true,  and  I  dare 
say  it  is  all  true,  no  nation  seems  to  be  even  second  to  the  Greeks 
in  the  art  of  expression,  and  that  really  means  in  the  power  and 
facility  of  thought.  You  have  compressed  a  marvellous  amount  into 
a  very  little  space  ;  a  multum  in  parvo,  indeed,  is  your  valuable 
little  book,  only  I  ought  to  find  a  Greek  phrase  to  express  it.  I 
have  only  read  a  part  of  it,  and  I  left  it,  for  a  time,  with  my  son, 
who  was  looking  it  over  with  great  interest.  It  is  too  good  a  book 
to  make  you  rich ;  if  now,  it  were  only  a  spelling-book  ! — but  you 
will  have  your  reward. 

It  gave  me  great  pleasure,  very  great,  to  see  you  in  Orange. 
Old  friends  are  growing  fewer  every  year,  and  I  wonder  that  I 
myself  am  verging  toward  my  seventy-third  year,  and  yet  with  my 
feelings  of  youth  and  enthusiasm  not  much  changed,  certainly 
not  extinguished.  I  pray  that  I  may  not  lose  them  till  I  part 
from  all ;  I  pray  that  I  may  have  strength  and  the  will  to  work  as 
long  as  the  day  lasts ;  I  pray  that  I  may  never  lose  the  sense  of 
the  divine  presence  and  help  to  the  very  end.  .  .  . 
Very  affectionately,  my  dear  old  friend,  I  remain, 

Yours  as  ever,  S.  G.  BROWN. 

*  The  Greek  Prepositions. 


APPENDIX. 


I. 

THE  following  books  and  pamphlets  by  Dr.  BROWN  have  been  published  : 

1.  The  Studies  of  an  Orator;  Inaugural  at  Dartmouth,  1840.     (See 
below,  b.} 

2.  Biography  of  Self-Taught  Men,  1847. 

3.  The  Spirit  of  a  Scholar ;  Address  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
Society  at  Dartmouth,  1847.     (See  below,  d.} 

4.  Eulogy  on  the  Life  and  Character  of  Henry  Clay,  1852. 

5.  Address  before  the  Dartmouth  Alumni,  1855. 

6.  Discourse  Commemorative  of  Charles  Brickett  Haddock,  D.D., 
1861. 

7.  Life,  Speeches,  and  Addresses  of  Rufus  Choate;  2  vols.,  1862. 

8.  The  Functions  and  Privileges  of  a  Scholar  in  the  Crisis  of  the 
State  ;  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Address  at  Bowdoin  College,  1863. 

9.  Discourse  Commemorative  of  Professor  John  Newton  Putnam, 
1864. 

10.  Fourth  of  July  Oration,  Claremont,  N.  H.,  1865. 

11.  Inaugural  Address  as  President  of  Hamilton  College,  1867.. 

12.  Centennial  Oration  at  Dartmouth  College,  1869. 

13.  Discourse  Commemorative  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Ware  Fisher, 
D.D.,  LL.D.,  1874. 

14.  Life  of  Rufus  Choate  (new  edition),  1879. 

15.  Address  Commemorative  of  Daniel  Webster,  1882. 

16.  Discourse  Commemorative  of  the  Hon.  George  Perkins  Marsh, 
LL.D.,  1883. 

17.  Address  at  the  Opening  of  the  Billings  Library  of  the  University 
of  Vermont,  1885. 


For  the  Life  of  George  P.  Marsh  he  had  made  extensive  and  thorough  prepa- 
ration, but  had  hardly  begun  to  write. 

Among  his  numerous  unpublished  lectures  and  addresses  may  be  mentioned 
those  on  The  Spirit  of  Early  English  Literature,  The  Importance  of  Rhetorical 


64  APPENDIX. 

Study,  The  Elements  of  Success  in  Study,  London,  The  Study  of  the  Fine  Arts, 
an  Historical  Lecture  on  New  Hampshire,  and  particularly  twelve  lectures  on  Brit- 
ish Orators,  first  delivered  as  the  Lowell  Lectures,  Boston,  January  4-February 
ii,  1859. 


It  is  impossible  to  make  any  complete  list  of  his  contributions  to  periodical  lit- 
erature.    Among  the  most  important  are  : 

a.  Dr.   Chalmers  as  a  Preacher  ;    American  Biblical  Repository, 
October,  1837. 

b.  The  Studies  of  an  Orator;  ib.,  April,  1841.     (See  I,  above.) 

c.  Dante  ;  North  American  Review,  April,  1846. 

d.  The  Spirit  of  a  Scholar;  Bibliotheca  Sacra,   February,   1849. 
(See  3,  above.) 

e.  Bartlett's  Dictionary  of  Americanisms;  North  American  Review , 
July,  1849. 

f.  Winckelmann  on  Ancient  Art ;  ib.,  July,  1850. 

g.  Richard  H.  Dana's  Poems  and  Prose  Writings  ;  ib.t  January, 
1851. 

h.  Ruskin's  Seven  Lamps  of  Architecture  ;  ib.t  April,  1851. 
/.    De  Quincey's  Writings;  ib.,  April,  1852. 
j.    Life  and  Writings  of  Dr.  Chalmers;  ib.,  October,  1852. 
k.  Travellers  in  France  ;  ib.t  April,  1853. 
/.    The  Writings  of  B.  B.  Edwards  ;  ib.,  July,  1853. 
m.  The  Works  of  Fisher  Ames  ;  ib.,  January,  1855. 
«.  The  Ottoman  Empire  ;  Bibliotheca  Sacra,  July,  1857. 
o.   Walter  Scott ;  North  American.  Review,  October,  1858. 
P.  On  Some  Indirect  Aids  in  the  Cultivation  of  the  Taste  (in  a  series 
of  articles  by  College  Presidents) ;  New  York  Ledger,  July  27,  1867. 


II. 

FRANCIS  BROWN,  D.D. ,  father  of  SAMUEL  GILMAN  BROWN,  was  the 
son  of  Benjamin  and  Prudence  (Kelly)  Brown,  and  was  born  at  Ches- 
ter, N.  H.,  January  n,  1784;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1805, 
appointed  tutor  there  in  1806,  retaining  the  position  until  the  summer 
of  1809  ;  ordained  and  installed  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church, 
North  Yarmouth,  Me.,  January  11,  1810;  elected  Professor  of  Lan- 
guages in  Dartmouth  College  the  same  year,  but  declined ;  married 
February  4,  1811  ;  elected  President  of  Dartmouth  College  in  August, 
1815,  and  inaugurated  September  27, 1815  ;  he  died  at  Hanover,  N.  H., 
July  27,  1820.  The  Presidency  of  Hamilton  College  was  offered  him 
under  date  of  March  17,  1817,  but  declined,  May  28th.  He  received 


APPENDIX.  65 

the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  both  Hamilton  and  Williams 
Colleges  in  1819.  For  contributions  to  the  literature  of  his  profession 
he  had  little  time  or  strength.  Several  of  his  addresses  and  sermons 
were  published,  viz. :  Address  on  Music,  delivered  before  the  Handel 
Society  of  Dartmouth  College,  1809  ;  The  Faithful  Steward;  Sermon 
at  the  Ordination  of  Allen  Greeley,  1810;  Sermon  on  the  Occasion  of 
the  State  Fast,  1812  ;  Sermon  before  the  Maine  Missionary  Society, 
1814;  Sermon  at  the  Ordination  of  Jonathan  Greenleaf,  at  Wells,  Me., 
1815  ;  Calvin  and  Calvinism,  1815  ;  Reply  to  the  Rev.  Martin  Ruter's 
Letter  Relating  to  Calvin  and  Calvinism,  1815;  Sermon  before  the 
Convention  of  Congregational  and  Presbyterian  Ministers  of  New 
Hampshire,  Concord,  N.  H.,  1818. 

[One  who  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  1819,  whose  entire  college  life  was 
thus  passed  under  the  Presidency  of  Dr.  Brown,  whose  keen  observation  and 
command  of  language  qualified  him  to  give  a  sketch  of  character,  whose  wide 
and  continuous  acquaintance  with  men  prominent  in  the  struggle  through  which 
the  College  passed  added  to  his  direct  knowledge,  whose  distinguished  talents  and 
high  position  lend  weight  to  his  judgment,  and  whose  personal  relations  with  the 
son  of  his  College-President  were  most  intimate  and  most  affectionately  cherished, 
has  given  the  following  estimate  of  the  father :] 

"From  the  Hon.  Rufus  Choate,*  Member  of  the  Senate  of  the 

United  States. 

"  BOSTON,  June  20,  1856. 

"  MY  DEAR  SIR  :  It  happened  that  my  whole  time  at  college  coin- 
cided with  the  period  of  President  Brown's  administration.  He  was 
inducted  into  office  in  the  autumn  of  1815,  my  freshman  year ;  and  he 
died  in  the  summer  of  1820.  It  is  not  the  want,  therefore,  but  the 
throng,  of  recollections  of  him  that  creates  any  difficulty  in  complying 
with  your  request.  He  was  still  young  at  the  time  of  his  inauguration — 
not  more  than  thirty-one  ;  and  he  had  passed  those  few  years,  after 
having  been  for  three  of  them  a  tutor  in  Dartmouth  College,  in  the 
care  of  a  parish  in  North  Yarmouth  in  Maine ;  but  he  had  already,  in 
an  extraordinary  degree,  dignity  of  person  and  sentiment ;  rare  beauty 
— almost  youthful  beauty  of  countenance  ;  a  sweet,  deep,  commanding 
tone  of  voice  ;  a  grave,  but  graceful  and  attractive,  demeanor — all  the 
traits  and  all  the  qualities,  completely  ripe,  which  make  up  and  ex- 
press weight  of  character;  and  all  the  address,  and  firmness,  and 
knowledge  of  youth,  men,  and  affairs  which  constitute  what  we  call 


*  This  letter,  addressed  to  the  late  Rev.  William  B.  Sprague,  D.D.,  was  pub- 
lished by  him  in  his  sketch  of  President  Francis  Brown  in  the  "  Annals  of  the 
American  Pulpit,"  vol.  ii.,  New  York,  1857,  and  is  here  reproduced  by  the  kind 
permission  of  the  publishers,  Messrs.  Robert.  Carter  &  Brothers. 

5 


66  APPENDIX. 

administrative  talent.  For  that  form  of  talent,  and  for  the  greatness 
which  belongs  to  character,  he  was  doubtless  remarkable.  He  must 
have  been  distinguished  for  this  among  the  eminent.  From  his  first 
appearance  before  the  students  on  the  day  of  his  inauguration — when 
he  delivered  a  brief  and  grave  address  in  Latin,  prepared,  we  were 
told,  the  evening  before — until  they  followed  the  bier,  mourning,  to 
his  untimely  grave,  he  governed  them  perfectly  and  always  through 
their  love  and  veneration,  the  love  and  veneration  of  the  'willing  soul.' 
Other  arts  of  government  were  indeed,  just  then,  scarcely  practicable. 
The  College  was  in  a  crisis  which  relaxed  discipline,  and  would  have 
placed  a  weaker  instructor,  or  an  instructor  unbeloved,  or  loved  with 
no  more  than  an  ordinary  regard,  in  the  power  of  classes  which  would 
have  abused  it.  It  was  a  crisis  which  demanded  a  great  man  for  Pres- 
ident, and  it  found  such  an  one  in  him.  In  1816,  the  Legislature  of 
New  Hampshire  passed  the  acts  which  changed  the  charter  of  the 
institution  ;  abolished  the  old  Corporation  of  Trustees  ;  created  a  new 
one  ;  extinguished  the  legal  identity  of  the  College  ;  and  reconstructed 
it,  or  set  up  another  under  a  different  and  more  ambitious  name  and 
a  different  government.  The  old  trustees,  with  President  Brown  at 
their  head,  denied  the  validity  of  these  acts,  and  resisted  their  adminis- 
tration. A  dominant  political  party  had  passed  or  adopted  them  ; 
and  thereupon  a  controversy  arose  between  the  College  and  a  majority 
of  the  State  ; — conducted  in  part  in  the  courts  of  law  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  of  the  Union ;  in  part  by  the  press  ;  sometimes  by  the 
students  of  the  old  institution  and  the  new  in  personal  collision,  or  the 
menace  of  personal  collision,  within  the  very  gardens  of  the  Acad- 
emy ; — which  was  not  terminated  until  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States  adjudged  the  acts  unconstitutional  and  void.  This 
decision  was  pronounced  in  1819  ;  *  and  then,  and  not  till  then,  had 
President  Brown  peace — a  brief  peace  made  happy  by  letters,  by  re- 
ligion, by  the  consciousness  of  a  great  duty  performed  for  law,  for 
literature,  and  for  the  constitution — happy  even  in  prospect  of  prema- 
ture death.  This  contest  tried  him  and  the  College  with  extreme  and 
various  severity.  To  induce  students  to  remain  in  a  school  disturbed 
and  menaced  ;  to  engage  and  inform  public  sentiment, — the  true  pa- 
tron and  effective  founder — by  showing  forth  that  the  principles  of  a 
sound  political  morality  as  well  as  of  law  prescribed  the  action  of  the 
old  trustees  ;  to  confer  with  the  counsel  of  the  college,  two  of  whom— 
Mr.  Mason  and  Mr.  Webster — have  often  declared  to  me  their  admi- 
ration of  the  intellectual  force  and  practical  good  sense  which  he 


*  February  ad.     The  decision  was  announced  to  President  Brown  by  Daniel 
Webster  in  an. autograph  letter,  still  preserved. 


APPENDIX.  67 

brought  to  those  conferences,  this  all,  while  it  withdrew  him  some- 
what from  the  proper  studies  and  proper  cares  of  his  office,  created  a 
necessity  for  the  display  of  the  very  rarest  qualities  of  temper,  discre- 
tion, tact,  and  command  ;  and  he  met  it  with  consummate  ability  and 
fortune.  One  of  his  addresses  to  the  students  in  the  chapel  at  the 
darkest  moment  of  the  struggle,  presenting  the  condition  and  pros- 
pects of  the  College,  and  the  embarrassments  of  all  kinds  which  sur- 
rounded its  instructors,  and  appealing  to  the  manliness,  and  affection, 
and  good  principles  of  the  students  to  help  '  by  whatsoever  things 
were  honest,  lovely,  or  of  good  report,'  occurs  to  recollection  as  of 
extraordinary  persuasiveness  and  influence. 

"  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  he  had  very  eminent  intellectual 
ability  ;  true  love  of  the  beautiful  in  all  things,  and  a  taste  trained  to 
discover,  enjoy,  and  judge  it;  and  that  his  acquirements  were  compe- 
tent and  increasing.  It  was  the  '  keenness '  of  his  mind  of  which  Mr. 
Mason  always  spoke  to  me  as  remarkable  in  any  man  of  any  profes- 
sion. He  met  him  only  in  consultation  as  a  client ;  but  others,  stu- 
dents, all  nearer  his  age,  and  admitted  to  his  fuller  intimacy,  must 
have  been  struck  rather  with  the  sobriety  and  soundness  of  his 
thoughts,  the  solidity  and  large  grasp  of  his  understanding,  and  the 
harmonized  culture  of  all  its  parts.  He  wrote  a  pure  and  clear  Eng- 
lish style,  and  he  judged  of  elegant  literature  with  a  catholic  and 
appreciative,  but  chastised,  taste.  The  recollections  of  a  student  of 
the  learning  of  a  beloved  and  venerated  President  of  a  college,  whom 
he  sees  only  as  a  boy  sees  a  man,  and  his  testimony  concerning  it, 
will  have  little  value  ;  but  I  know  that  he  was  esteemed  an  excellent 
Greek  and  Latin  scholar,  and  our  recitations  of  Horace,  which  the 
poverty  of  the  College  and  the  small  number  of  its  teachers  induced 
him  to  superintend,  though  we  were  Sophomores  only,  were  the  most 
agreeable  and  instructive  exercises  of  the  whole  College  classical  course. 

"  Of  studies  more  professional  he  seemed  master.  Locke,  Stewart, 
with  whose  liberality  and  tolerance,  and  hopeful  and  rational  philan- 
thropy, he  sympathized  warmly  ;  Butler,  Edwards,  and  the  writers  on 
natural  law  and  moral  philosophy,  he  expounded  with  the  ease  and 
freedom  of  one  habitually  trained  and  wholly  equal  to  these  larger 
meditations. 

"  His  term  of  office  was  short  and  troubled,  but  the  historian  of 
the  College  will  record  of  his  administration  a  twofold  honour  :  first, 
that  it  was  marked  by  a  noble  vindication  of  its  chartered  rights ;  and 
second,  that  it  was  marked  also  by  a  real  advancement  of  its  learning, 
by  collections  of  ampler  libraries,  and  by  displays  of  a  riper  scholarship. 

"  I  am,  with  great  regard,  your  obedient  servant, 

"  R.  CHOATE." 


68  APPENDIX. 


III. 

ELIZABETH  OILMAN,  wife  of  Francis  Brown,  and  mother  of 
SAMUEL  OILMAN  BROWN,  was  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Tristram  and 
Elizabeth  (Sayer)  Oilman.  Her  father  was  born  in  Exeter,  N.  H., 
November  24,  1735  ;  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1757,  and  was 
Mr.  Brown's  predecessor  in  the  pastorate  at  North  Yarmouth,  Me., 
which  he  held  from  December  8,  1769,  to  April  i,  1809,  the  day  of 
his  death.  His  daughter  Elizabeth  was  born  at  North  Yarmouth,  June 
18,  1776  ;  married  to  Mr.  Brown,  February  4,  1811,  and  died  at  Han- 
over, N.  H.,  September  5,  1851. 

[An  outline  of  her  character  was  given  by  the  Rev.  Nathan  Lord,  D.D.,  LL.D.,* 
as  follows  :] 

Mrs.  Brown  belonged  to  that  venerable  class  of  persons  who  were 
distinguished  in  New  England,  or  were  educated  in  the  best  habits  of 
New  England,  during  the  last  century.  Her  father  was  the  Rev. 
Tristram  Oilman,  the  minister  of  North  Yarmouth,  Me.,  and  of  great 
note  in  that  province.  He  was  a  graduate  of  1757  at  Harvard,  a  man 
of  excellent  learning,  a  Calvinist  according  to  the  Westminster  As- 
sembly ;  a  very  earnest  and  instructive  preacher,  a  beloved  and  suc- 
cessful pastor.  He  was  eminently  devout  and  wise,  and  for  nearly 
half  a  century  was  one  of  the  most  honorable  representatives  of  a  pro- 
fession which  then  controlled  society,  and  gave  a  character  to  the 
most  remarkable  period  of  American  history. 

Mrs.  Brown  was  one  of  four  daughters,  and  the  third  of  nine  chil- 
dren, of  whom  but  one  now  remains. f  She  became  the  wife  of  Presi- 
dent Brown  in  1811,  soon  after  he  had  taken  charge  of  the  church  in 
North  Yarmouth  as  her  father's  immediate  successor,  and  five  years 
before  he  was  elected  to  the  Presidency  of  Dartmouth  College. 

Mrs.  Brown  inherited  largely  the  peculiar  evenness  of  temperament, 
the  mildness,  gentleness,  and  amiableness  of  disposition,  connected 
with  great  strength  and  tenacity  of  principle  and  unpretending  firm- 
ness of  purpose,  which  pertained  generally  to  the  times  of  the  fathers, 

*  Published  in  the  Vermont  Chronicle,  September  16,  1851.— Dr.  Lord  was 
born  at  Berwick,  Me.,  November  28,  1792;  graduated  at  Bowdoin  College  in 
1809,  and  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary  in  1815  ;  ordained  May  22,  1816  ;  Pastor 
at  Amherst,  N.  H.,  from  1816  to  1828  ;  Trustee  of  Dartmouth  College  from  1821, 
and  President  from  1828  to  1863.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
from  Bowdoin  College  in  1828,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Dartmouth  in 
1864.  He  died  at  Hanover,  N.  H. ,  September  9,  1870. 

t  Samuel,  youngest  child  of  the  Rev.  Tristram  and  Elizabeth  (Sayer)  Oilman1 
born  at  North  Yarmouth,  Me.,  November  n,  1790,  died  in  Portland,  Me.,  March 
25,  1852. 


APPENDIX.  69 

and  were  eminently  characteristic  of  her  family  name.  A  beautiful 
illustration  of  these  combined  qualities  was  given  in  her  care  of  her 
husband,  when  consumption,  induced  by  his  well-known  exhausting 
labors  of  office,  obliged  him  to  seek  a  winter's  residence  at  the  South. 
During  their  whole  absence  she  was  his  guide  and  staff  and  nurse  ;'  and 
between  New  Hampshire  and  Georgia,  out  and  home,  through  the  dif- 
ficult and  unaccustomed  route,  the  horse  that  drew  them  was  driven  by 
her  own  hand. 

Mrs.  Brown  was  a  sincere  Christian.  Hers  was  emphatically  the 
spirit  of  heavenly  love,  the  new  life  of  God,  which,  when  associated, 
as  it  naturally  is  in  the  theology  which  she  accepted,  with  profound 
religious  fear,  subdues  everything  to  itself,  but  is  never  subdued,  and 
prevails  to  the  end,  because  it  subordinates  all  other  loves  and  fears, 
and  the  fear  of  death  itself,  to  God.  It  gave  a  distinctive  character, 
not  manifested  by  mere  tones  of  profession,  but  a  consistent  religious 
life,  and  made  her  honorable  in  the  Church  of  Christ.  It  quickened 
all  her  natural  endowments  ;  and  these,  matured  as  they  were  by 
Christian  discipline,  harmonized  by  generous  sentiments  and  pious 
affections,  and  habitually  exercised  in  genial  associations,  retained 
their  freshness  and  vigor  in  old  age.  She  was  a  dignified,  religious 
woman,  an  example  worthy  of  her  ancestry,  of  the  name  which  she 
bore,  the  stations  which  she  occupied,  and  the  honor  which  she  re- 
ceived. She  fulfilled  her  probation  equally  in  all  her  varied  condi- 
tions of  prosperity  and  adversity,  of  joy  and  sorrow,  with  a  simplicity, 
propriety,  and  integrity  peculiarly  her  own,  and  which  secured  to  her 
— without  her  asking  or  thinking  to  ask — universal  confidence,  respect, 
and  love.  And  it  was  her  privilege  to  die,  in  a  green  old  age,  after  a 
short  and  not  uncommonly  painful  illness,  with  the  hopes  she  had  en- 
tertained from  her  early  youth,  and  none  of  the  terrors  she  had  some- 
times anticipated,  in  a  society  which  honored  her,  in  a  family  circle  she 
had  long  gladdened,  and  in  the  arms  of  her  loving  children. 

She  lies  in  the  graveyard  at  Hanover,  by  the  side  of  her  distin- 
guished husband,  and  the  place  of  their  burial  will  be  gratefully  and 
reverently  visited  while  the  name  of  the  institution  which  they 
adorned,  and  whose  venerable  halls  cast  their  morning  shadows  upon 
it,  shall  be  remembered. 


[The  following  brief  sketch  is  from  the  hand  of  one  who  knew  Mrs.  Brown  dur- 
ing her  widowed  life,  and  loved  her  tenderly  :] 

Mrs.  Brown  was  a  woman  of  rare  symmetry  of  character  and  devout- 
ness  of  spirit.  Her  manners  were  of  the  "  old  school" — full  of  sweet 
dignity  and  a  tender  graciousness,  without  taint  of  condescension. 


70  APPENDIX. 

No  clouds  could  linger  in  that  sunny  presence.  Her  broad,  sweet 
charity  pervaded  every  part  of  her  household,  which  was  scarcely 
ruled,  but  presided  over,  with  a  firmness  and  wisdom  which  none  could 
challenge,  and  none  wished  to  change.  Reticent,  and  self-controlled 
under  the  severe  discipline  of  life,  every  troubled  heart  turned  instinc- 
tively to  her,  sure  of  wise  counsel  and  unfailing  cheer. 

Besides  those  discriminating  womanly  intuitions  which  drew  one's 
confidence  like  a  magnet,  and  offered  strong  support  under  indecision 
and  doubt,  another  secret  of  Mrs.  Brown's  singular  attractiveness  was 
her  love  for  all  that  was  beautiful,  delicate,  and  noble  in  art,  literature, 
and  society.  Distinguished  men  of  her  day  delighted  to  do  her  honor. 
With  all  her  pressing  cares  she  kept  herself  informed  of  the  current 
history  of  the  times,  and  watched  with  anxious  patriotism  the  course 
of  our  own  political  affairs. 

Sympathetic  and  generous  to  an  extreme,  her  hospitality  knew  no 
limit  but  that  of  the  sternest  necessity.  Sensitive,  also,  as  deep  nat- 
ures ever  are,  even  to  timidity,  her  fortitude  always  rose  to  the  emer- 
gencies that  confronted  her  ;  and  the  sacrifices  demanded  by  friend- 
ship, at  whatever  cost  of  toil  or  peril,  never  found  her  wanting  in  the 
cheerfulness  and  heroism  of  an  unselfish  devotion. 

Such  is  an  imperfect  outline  of  the  mother,  under  whose  wise  and 
gentle  nurture  was  developed  the  rare  and  beautiful  character  of  her 
honored  son.  T.  S. 


IV. 

FRANCIS,  second  son  of  Francis  and  Elizabeth  Brown,  was  born  at 
Hanover,  in  August,  1817,  and  died  there  January  27,  1818. 

ARTHUR  VAN  VECHTEN,  second  son  of  SAMUEL  OILMAN  and 
Sarah  Van  Vechten  BROWN,  was  born  at  Hanover,  January  20,  1853, 
and  died  there  April  4,  1857. 

[The  following  paper,  in  Dr.  BROWN'S  handwriting,  was  found  in  his  portfolio. 
It  was  probably  written  in  April,  1857  :] 

SOME  CHARACTERISTICS  OF  A  LITTLE  BOY. 

I  once  knew  a  little  boy,  very  beautiful  to  look  upon.  He  was 
of  slight  frame,  lithe  and  elastic,  always  in  motion,  always  busy,  and 
capable  of  finding  enjoyment  for  himself.  His  hair  was  soft  and  gold- 
en, and,  parted  in  the  middle,  hung  in  waving  curls  about  his  head. 


APPENDIX.  71 

His  face,  when  at  rest,  had  a  serious  earnestness,  and  sometimes,  as 
when  asleep,  a  sweet  solemnity,  but  for  the  most  part  was  full  of  life, 
merry  and  gleeful.  His  laugh  was  exquisite.  Every  feature  lent  its 
share  to  the  expression.  His  eyes  especially  were  full  of  mirth.  His 
eyes  were  large,  blue  shading  into  hazel,  and  when  fully  opened  very 
brilliant;  his  nose  straight  and  delicate,  and  his  mouth  small  and 
of  perfect  form.  His  other  features  were  regular,  full,  and  soft.  When 
awake,  he  was  seldom  still  or  unoccupied.  His  senses  were  very  per- 
fect, and  he  was  observant  of  whatever  was  taking  place  ;  and  when  he 
had  once  seen  a  thing  done,  could  tell  how  it  should  be  done  again. 
If  anything  were  left  out  of  its  place,  of  his  own  accord  he  would  carry 
it  back,  because  it  "  belonged  there."  If  a  new  dress  were  worn,  or 
an  unusual  arrangement  of  dishes  made  upon  the  table,  he  noticed  it 
at  once  and  spoke  of  it.  Once,  when  there  were  visitors,  his  mother 
cautioned  him  not  to  speak  of  the  new  things  he  might  see.  He  sat 
quiet  and  watchful  until  a  little  bell  was  rung  of  a  musical  tone,  when 

he  started  up  and  spoke  across  the  table  in  a  soft  voice  to  F : 

"  F ,  isn't  that  a  pretty  noise  ?  "     He  was  very  fond  of  music,  and 

would  drink  it  in  (making  a  little  motion  with  his  mouth)  with  the  great- 
est delight. 

He  was  very  sensitive  to  all  pleasurable  impressions,  and  had  a 
capacity  for  great  enjoyment. 

His  faculties  seemed  well  balanced  and  harmonious.  He  was 
courageous.  No  common  things  made  him  afraid.  He  would  lie  alone 
in  his  little  bed  at  night ;  and  walk  alone  to  the  farther  end  of  the  gar- 
den without  apprehension.  He  was  self-reliant.  When  he  knew  how 
a  thing  was  done,  he  felt  able  to  do  it  himself,  and  often,  untold,  at- 
tempted that  which  he  thought  should  be  performed.  So  he  had  much 
practical  efficiency,  and  was  persistent  to  accomplish  his  purposes. 
His  perceptions  were  quick,  and  he  readily  adapted  his  means  to  his 
ends.  He  had  a  quick  perception  of  the  droll  and  ridiculous.  Not- 
withstanding his  eagerness  and  independence,  he  was  very  docile. 
There  was  no  obstinacy  in  him,  though  there  would  have  been  much 
firmness.  He  could  generally  be  reasoned  with,  and  was  very  trust- 
ing and  full  of  confidence.  His  affections  were  strong,  very  strong  for 
a  little  boy,  and  his  sympathy  tender.  If  his  little  sister  cried,  he 
tried  to  soothe  her,  sitting  by  her  side  and  lending  her  his  playthings. 

He  had  much  fortitude  and  patience.  I  saw  him  when  he  suffered 
very  much,  in  his  last  illness.  But  though  he  could  not  help  crying 
out  when  he  was  moved,  often  saying,  "  I  can't  bear  it,"  yet  he  was 
uncomplaining.  I  never  knew  him  to  complain  unless  something  was 
the  matter  with  him.  When  in  health,  he  was  very  much  a  master  of 
himself — of  his  body,  seldom  taking  a  misstep  or  falling — and  of  his 


72  APPENDIX. 

feelings,  controlling  himself  when  disappointed.  Over  all  was  thrown 
an  inexpressible  something  which  I  cannot  describe,  a  manly  beauty, 
a  beautiful  manliness  which  exalted  him  and  made  you  respect  him, 
though  he  was  a  little  boy  only  four  years  and  three  months  old. 
He  died  very  suddenly  at  two  o'clock,  Saturday  morning,  April  4,  1857. 
I  saw  him  dressed  in  his  jacket  and  trousers,  lying  on  his  couch,  his 
last  resting-place.  The  soft  shadow  of  death  was  on  his  eyelids.  His 
little  marble  hands  were  folded  on  his  breast.  His  countenance  was 
placid,  quiet,  solemn,  and  beautiful,  beyond  the  power  of  language  to 
express.  I  never  saw  anything  so  beautiful.  This  was  his  body.  He, 
I  trust,  is  with  the  saints  and  angels. 

All  this,  and  much  more  which  I  cannot  tell,  I  saw  of  my  little  son, 
Arthur  Van  Vechten  Brown. 


[Separate  from  the  foregoing,  but  in  the  same  hand,  was  a  description  of  the 
illness.  A  few  sentences  are  here  given  :] 

Increasing  delicacy  of  look.  Some  failure  of  vivacity — wishing  to 
be  carried  up  and  down  stairs  ;  complains  of  being  tired — complained 
of  his  foot  hurting  him  ;  kneels  in  his  play,  and  cannot  rise — walks  so 
gently,  softly,  carefully,  by  my  settee,  taking  hold  of  it  with  his  hand, 
toward  the  parlor  to  see  what  made  "  that  pretty  noise  "  [a  flute]. 

[There  follow  details  of  the  progress  of  the  disease,  day  after  day.  The  ac- 
count of  the  last  night  ends  thus :] 

Suddenly,  five  minutes  before  two  (Saturday,  April  4th),  his  eye- 
lids droop,  breath  fails,  is  shorter,  and  in  a  minute  or  two,  without  a 
struggle  or  gasp,  or  motion  of  a  finger,  stops.  The  dear,  beautiful 
little  boy  is  in  Heaven. 


HELEN  DUNCAN,  second  daughter  of  SAMUEL  OILMAN  and  Sarah 
Van  Vechten  BROWN,  was  born  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  April  28,  1848, 
and  died  there  August  17,  1867. 

[Of  her  one  writes  :] 

Her  life  was  spent  mostly  in  the  little  New  England  village  which 
was  her  birthplace,  and  her  character  was  the  natural  outgrowth  of  a 
good  ancestry,  aided  by  the  sweet  and  healthful  influences  of  home, 
under  the  dominant  Spirit  of  a  Divine  Saviour. 

The  eye  beaming  with  happy  expectation,  the  many  charms  efface 
and  form,  the  quick  sensitiveness  and  warm  impulses  of  girlhood  just 
slightly  veiled  by  a  faint  prevision  of  future  possibilities,  sympathy  for 
the  suffering,  tender  care,  not  for  the  human  alone,  but  for  the  small 


APPENDIX.  73 

and  weak  among  dumb  creatures  as  well,  companionship  intimate  and 
unreserved  with  nature  in  her  varying  moods,  hero-worship  ardent 
and  disinterested, — these  are  only  a  few  of  the  evidences  of  that 
vitality,  purity,  and  sweetness  which  seem  expressly  fitted  to  bless  this 
world  by  their  presence  in  it,  but  are  gone  out  of  it  before  we  fully 
understand  or  appreciate  them.  So  it  was  with  her  whom  we  now 
recall  to  memory.  Until  within  a  few  months  before  her  death  she 
had  the  appearance  of  perfect  health,  with  a  vigorous  and  sub- 
stantial physique,  regular  features,  an  intellectual  forehead,  and  a 
complexion  clear  and  fresh  with  the  warm  glow  of  youth.  As  she 
verged  toward  womanhood  she  gave  promise  of  personal  beauty  of 
a  noble  type.  Willing  to  study,  and  fond  of  books,  she  had  neverthe- 
less a  decided  taste  for  the  stimulus  of  the  open  air.  A  fearless  rider 
and  excellent  pedestrian,  full  of  vitality  and  of  enthusiasm  for  games 
and  contests  of  skill,  she  was  the  life  of  a  company  in  out-door  sports, 
and  easily  without  a  peer  among  those  of  her  own  sex  in  all  that  re- 
quired a  keen  eye  and  a  firm  hand  and  steady  nerves. 

Her  modesty  and  maidenliness  were  as  genuine  as  her  activity, 
and  nothing  was  more  reasonable  than  to  predict  for  her  the  noble  life- 
work  of  a  Cornelia  or  the  self-renunciation  of  a  Florence  Nightingale. 

Child  as  she  was,  during  the  life-struggle  of  the  nation  she  fol- 
lowed its  course  with  the  keenest  interest.  Her  young  heart  swelled 
with  patriotism,  and  all  the  ardor  of  her  nature  went  into  her  sym- 
pathies for  the  wounded  and  admiration  for  the  heroes  of  the  Union. 

In  social  circles  she  was  frank  and  sprightly,  without  affectation, 
her  conversation  not  pretentious,  but  touched  with  a  vein  of  humor 
more  pleasing  than  a  sharper  wit  could  be.  She  was  by  nature  com- 
panionable, and  in  the  home  circle  she  exhibited  an  unselfishness  and 
hearty  loyalty  to  conscience  which  helped  to  make  life  sweet  to  all 
about  her. 

In  the  days  of  her  youth,  before  the  coming  of  any  evil  days,  she 
had  remembered  her  Creator  and  pledged  her  fealty  to  the  Father  of 
spirits  and  Redeemer  of  mankind.  Unreservedly  she  had  committed 
herself  to  His  guidance  and  keeping,  nor  did  her  faith  waver  when  He 
summoned  her  from  all  her  happy  activities. 

And  so  the  beautiful  form  melted  away,  the  rosy  cheeks  became 
pale  and  wasted,  the  blue  eyes  lost  their  brightness,  the  signs  of  pa- 
tient suffering  showed  themselves  in  face  and  feature,  though  the 
brave  heart  and  cheery  spirit  never  faltered  till  the  day  came  when 
she  returned  unto  her  Father. 
[Another :] 

She  was  active,  bright,  and  independent,  from  the  time  she  was 
able  to  walk  alone — very  affectionate  and  sympathetic — greatly  inter- 


74  APPENDIX. 

ested  in  the  younger  children  as  she  grew  older,  and  fond  of  imparting 
bits  of  knowledge.  During  the  war  she  would  put  her  little  sister 
through  quite  a  patriotic  catechism,  and  the  weighty  words  she  thus 
put  into  baby  lips  entertained  those  who  were  no  longer  children.  A 
vein  of  humor  ran  through  all  her  letters,  which  were  also  earnest  and 
thoughtful.  Never  idle,  her  skilful  hands  were  occupied  with  her 
needle  for  useful  or  ornamental  work,  and  her  industry  was  repre- 
sented on  every  side  in  our  home  years  after  the  busy  fingers  were 
still. 

In  the  spring  of  1866  there  was  a  gradual  failure  of  strength,  appe- 
tite, and  color,  without  any  apparent  disease.  A  short  journey  and 
absence  of  a  few  weeks  so  far  restored  her  that  in  the  fall  she  was 
to  all  appearance  as  vigorous  and  healthful  as  ever,  full  of  life  and 
active  employment.  The  next  spring  the  same  languor  reappeared, 
but  gave  less  alarm,  since  she  had  so  easily  recovered  the  year  before. 
This  time,  however,  the  progress  was  wholly  downward,  and  with  no 
suffering — no  wearisome,  wakeful  nights — indeed,  nothing  positive  in 
her  symptoms  ;  she  grew  gradually  weaker,  and  faded  from  our  sight — 
falling  asleep  on  the  evening  of  Saturday,  August  17,  1867.  She  knew 
the  opinion  of  her  physicians,  and  acquiesced  without  regret. 

"  It  is  all  right,"  was  her  frequent  expression.  "  Are  you  ready  to 
go,  dear  Helen  ?  "  "I  think  so — I  trust  so."  She  had  been  greatly 
interested  in  the  thought  of  a  new  home  for  the  family,  and  entered 
eagerly  into  all  plans  for  the  future.  She  never  saw  it. 

Many  young  friends  and  relatives  were  in  the  place  that  summer, 
and  while  not  losing  a  particle  of  interest  in  all  that  concerned  them, 
she  was  tranquilly  waiting  the  call  to  enter  upon  a  new  and  higher 
life.  At  the  funeral,  six  young  girls  dressed  in  white — companions  of 
her  own — preceded  the  casket  to  the  grave,  which  was  lined  with 
flowers  by  the  thoughtful  kindness  of  friends,  and  overhung  with 
wreaths  from  the  drooping  branches  of  the  trees. 


V. 

WHEN  he  entered  upon  his  duties  as  Professor  at  Dartmouth,  in 
1840,  Mr.  BROWN  became  a  member  of  the  family  of  Professor  San- 
born.*  In  1841,  Mrs.  Chamberlain,  widow  of  Professor  William 
Chamberlain,f  of  Dartmouth,  returned  to  Hanover  with  her  children 

*  See  Appendix  VIII. 

t  William  Chamberlain,  A.M.,  was  the  son  of  General  William  and  Jane  (East- 
man) Chamberlain,  and  was  born  at  Peacham,  Vt.,  May  4,  1797  ;  graduated  from 
Dartmouth  College  in  1818  ;  made  Professor  of  the  Latin  and  Greek  Languages 


APPENDIX.  75 

after  some  years  of  absence,  and  her  house  was  for  several  years  the 
home  of  himself  and  his  family. 

Professor  Chamberlain  had  died  while  Mr.  BROWN  was  in  College, 
and  his  death  had  been  felt  as  a  severe  loss  by  Faculty  and  students. 
He  was  a  man  of  noble  purposes  and  high  courage,  of  excellence  and 
still  greater  promise  as  a  scholar,  and  was  valued  and  leaned  upon  by 
his  associates.  "  I  feel  deeply,"  wrote  President  Lord  to  him,  under 
date  of  July  3,  1830,  when  it  became  evident  that  the  disease  would 
prove  fatal, — "  I  feel  deeply  this  afflictive  visitation  of  God.  More 
heavily  burdened  than  others  may  have  known  with  the  unaccustomed 
responsibilities  and  labors  of  my  office,  I  have  relied  greatly  on  your 
better  acquaintance  with  the  affairs  of  College,  and  on  your  active  ser- 
vices, for  counsel  and  relief,  and  encouragement  in  my  own  duties, 
and  have  looked  forward  with  hope  to  a  time  when,  free  from  old 
cares  and  embarrassments,  we  might  co-operate  in  advancing  our 
beloved  institution.  I  must  mourn  when  you  say  that  probably  you 
will  return  no  more."  A  letter  of  sympathy  sent  to  Mrs.  Chamberlain 
by  a  committee  appointed  by  the  students,  and  dated  July  12,  1830, 
the  day  following  his  death,  says  : 

.  .  .  "We  cannot  but  feel  that  to  ourselves,  to  this  institu- 
tion, and  to  the  community  at  large,  it  is  a  loss  of  a  very  painful  kind. 
.  .  .  He  has  long  sustained  to  us  the  endearing  relation  of  an  affec- 
tionate and  faithful  instructor.  We  remember  ...  his  unwearied 
labors  for  our  welfare,  the  tones  and  looks  and  words  of  kindness 
with  which  he  was  wont  to  hold  intercourse  with  us,  his  fidelity  in  the 
discharge  of  all  the  arduous  and  important  duties  of  his  office.  .  .  . 
WTe  almost  feel  like  children  whose  tears  are  falling  over  the  grave  of 
a  father."  * 

With  Mrs.  Chamberlain  and  her  children,  the  relations  of  Professor 
BROWN  and  his  family  were  most  intimate  and  affectionate. 


there  in  1820,  and  so  continued  until  his  death,  which  occurred  at  Peacham,  July 
ii,  1830, 

He  was  married  at  Wells,  Me.,  July  i,  1823,  to  Sarah  Little  Oilman,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Little)  Oilman,  of  Wells,  who  was  born  at  Wells, 
August  27,  1800,  and  died  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  March  15,  1848.  They  had  two 
daughters,  neither  now  living,  and  one  son. 

*  The  first  signature  to  this  letter  is  that  of  Asa  D.  Smith,  then  a  member  of 
the  Senior  Class,  and  the  entire  letter  is  plainly  in  his  handwriting.  He  was  born 
at  Amherst,  N.  H.,  September  21,  1804  ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1830, 
and  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary  in  1834 ;  ordained  November  2,  1834  ; 
Pastor  in  New  York  City  from  1834  to  1863 ;  President  of  Dartmouth  College  from 
1863  to  1877  ;  died  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  August  16,  1877.  He  received  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Williams  College  in  1849,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws 
from  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York  in  1864. 


76  APPENDIX. 

[The  following  words  are  written  of  her  by  one  who  knew  her  well :] 

It  would  be  a  most  fitting  and  delightful  task,  in  this  connection,  to 
pay  suitable  tribute  to  one  of  the  choicest  women  of  her  own  or  any 
time,  Mrs.  Chamberlain.  But  this  simple  Memorial  is  already  spread- 
ing itself  into  a  family  record,  and  the  words  must  be  few.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  family  of  Rev.  Francis  Brown  until  her  marriage,  in 
1823,  to  Professor  Chamberlain,  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  her  life  and 
interests  were  closely  bound  up  with  theirs.  No  proper  justice  can 
be  done  to  her  character  in  this  brief  way,  and  yet  one  can  speak  of 
that  rare  union  of  tenderness  which  could  sympathize  with  strength 
which  could  support.  One  did  not  shrink  from  confessing  a  fault  ; 
for,  though  it  might  sadden  her  brow,  her  true  appreciation  of  the 
power  of  temptation  or  the  weakness  of  resistance  brought  ever  the 
word  of  help  and  comfort,  and  inspired  stronger  resolutions  for 
the  future.  Self- forgetting  and  self-denying,  she  spared  no  effort  in 
behalf  of  a  friend  ;  in  sickness,  her  gentle  ministrations  soothed  and 
calmed ;  in  trouble  or  in  peril,  she  was  a  sure  and  strong  support. 

Intellectual  and  well  read,  she  was  ready  to  meet  and  discuss  the 
important  questions  of  the  day,  and  proved  in  more  than  one  instance 
the  wise  counsellor,  the  helpful  adviser,  the  safe  guide  to  younger  per- 
sons just  crossing  the  threshold  of  important  positions  in  life.  Her 
own  life  brought  many  severe  trials,  borne  bravely  in  submission  to 
the  Master's  will,  and  at  His  bidding  she  went  to  dwell  (as  her  pastor, 
Rev.  Dr.  Richards,  said)  "  in  yonder  magnificence,  where  all  is  joy." 

"  Her  form  it  was  so  fair  and  seeminge, 
Her  eyes  so  holy  in  their  beaminge, 
Her  heart  so  pure  in  every  feelinge, 
Her  mind  so  high  in  each  revealinge, 
A  band  of  angells  thought  that  she 
Was  one  of  their  bright  companie, — 
And,  on  some  homeward  journey  driven, 
Hurried  her,  too,  away  to  Heaven." 


Mrs.  Chamberlain  died  in  1848;  in  April,  1851,  Professor  BROWN 
moved  into  the  house  previously  owned  and  occupied  by  Professor 
Haddock.* 

It  was  in  this  house,  a  few  months  later,  that  Mrs.  Chamberlain's 
daughter  was  married  to  Professor  John  N.  Putnam. f 

*  See  Appendix  X. 

t  John  Newton  Putnam,  A.M.,  was  the  son  of  Simeon  and  Abigail  Brigham 
(Fay)  Putnam,  and  was  born  at  North  Andover,  Mass.,  December  26,  1822  ;  grad- 
uated at  Dartmouth  College  in  1843 ;  teacher  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  from  1843  to  1844, 


APPENDIX.  77 

[The  following  sentences  in  regard  to  Professor  Putnam  are  taken  from  the 
Eulogy  delivered  by  Professor  BROWN  at  Hanover,  July  19,  1864 :] 

How  can  the  story  of  what  he  was  be  told  so  as  not  to  disappoint 
you  ?  How  can  the  lights  and  shades  of  a  character  of  such  delicate 
beauty  and  such  singular  completeness,  of  a  life  so  gentle,  with  all  the 
elements  so  graciously  mixed,  be  depicted  so  as  to  .satisfy  your  mem- 
ory of  him  ? 

The  alertness  of  his  mind  was  something  beautiful  and  almost  won- 
derful. Who  more  quick  than  he  to  perceive  and  sympathize  with  the 
most  subtle,  airy,  and  fleeting  shades  of  thought  ?  who  more  sure  to 
detect  the  meaning,  and  all  the  meaning,  of  the  comprehensive  and 
quick-minded  Greek  ? 

His  grasp  of  thought  was  as  certain,  as  strong,  and  as  positive,  as 
it  was  quick.  It  hardly  seemed  an  effort  for  him  to  overcome  many 
of  the  intellectual  difficulties  which  beset  the  paths  of  other  students. 
.  .  .  He  wrought  with  unity  of  strength  and  purpose.  There  was 
no  exaggeration,  no  excess,  and  no  deficiency. 

I  do  not  know  that  such  a  mind  is  so  apt  to  dazzle  and  excite  as 
one  that  may  be  somewhat  eccentric  and  intense,  but  how  much  more 
safe  it  is,  and  how  its  excellences  grow  upon  us,  and  how  much  more 
abiding  is  its  influence.  .  .  .  He  had  a  quick  and  sure  insight,  a 
power  like  that  conceded  to  poets,  of  looking  through  the  surface  of 
things  to  the  heart.  Hence,  his  judgment  was  sound,  and  he  was  not 
easily  deceived  or  led  astray.  .  .  .  And  do  you  not  remember 
how  quick  was  his-ear  for  the  rhythmical  music  of  language  ;  how  choice 
he  was  of  words  ;  how  rapid  in  apprehension,  penetrating  to  the  very 
heart  of  a  subtle  and  pregnant  expression,  while  all  the  delicate  aroma 
of  its  most  secret  thought  was  shed  over  his  mind  ? 

He  ever  kept  the  mind  of  the  student  curious  and  active,  and  re- 
freshed it  with  a  sense  of  perpetual  attainment.  In  all  this  he  was 

and  in  Leicester,  Mass.,  from  1845  to  1847;  graduated  at  Andover  Theological 
Seminary  in  1849  ;  made  Professor  of  the  Greek  Language  and  Literature  in  Dart- 
mouth College  in  1849,  and  so  continued  till  his  death.  He  was  ordained  to  the 
Congregational  Ministry  on  the  same  day  with  Professor  BROWN,  October  6, 
1852,  at  Woodstock,  Vt.  He  died  at  sea,  between  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  and 
Boston,  Mass.,  on  his  way  home  from  Europe,  October  22,  1863. 

He  was  married,  August  5,  1851,  to  Sarah  Oilman  Chamberlain,  second 
daughter  of  Professor  William  and  Sarah  Little  (Oilman)  Chamberlain,  who  was 
born  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  November  21,  1829,  and  died  there  September  7,  1864. 

Professor  Putnam's  funeral  took  place  October  26,  1863,  from  the  house  of 
Professor  BROWN,  which  continued  to  be  Mrs.  Putnam's  home  for  the  brief  re- 
mainder of  her  life. 


78  APPENDIX. 

guided  by  an  instinct  as  sure  as  it  was  sensitive,  which  led  him  to 
adapt  himself,  unconsciously  almost,  to  the  minds  which  he  was  guid- 
ing. This  occupation  was  one  that  he  loved,  in  which  he  was  con- 
tented and  happy,  for  he  felt  himself  adequate  to  it,  and  he  followed 
with  peculiar  sympathy  and  interest  those  with  whom  he  became  thus 
connected. 

He  had  a  ready  and  brilliant  wit.  .  .  .  [In  it]  there  was  noth- 
ing forced  or  assumed,  and  nothing  reserved  for  special  occasions. 
.  .  .  These  powers  he  used  as  charms,  as  playthings,  not  as  weapons, 
and  I  presume  that  most  who  knew  him  but  slightly  hardly  suspected 
him  of  possessing  [them]. 

He  never  thrust  himself  into  a  place  of  responsibility,  or  sought 
distinction  for  distinction's  sake.  Indeed,  he  would  have  much  pre- 
ferred that  others,  who  coveted  such  things,  should  have  the  pleas- 
ure of  them.  .  .  .  Not  to  seem,  but  to  be,  was  his  purpose.  And 
yet,  when  the  responsibility  came,  and  the  duty  was  fairly  imposed, 
he  did  not  avoid  it,  but  accepted  it  as  a  thing  of  course,  and  met  it 
with  the  thoroughness  and  simplicity  which  marked  his  entire  life. 

In  a  life  so  gentle  and  equable  as  his,  one  is  apt  to  forget  the  depth 
and  thoroughness  of  conviction  and  purpose  which  may  underlie  that 
external  serenity.  .  .  .  His  love  for  that  unequalled  language  and 
literature  which  he  spent  his  professional  life  in  penetrating  and  un- 
folding never  betrayed  him  to  a  forgetfulness  of  the  moral  defects  of 
the  people,  or  the  insufficiency  of  their  noblest  philosophy.  The  love 
of  beauty,  and  fitness,  and  grace,  though  so  strong  in  him,  was  always 
subordinate  to  the  love  of  truth.  Though  no  iconoclast,  he  would  have 
broken  the  images,  if  the  only  alternative  were  that  he  must  worship 
them. 

Few  lives  were  more  perfect  than  his  whose  youth  gave  so  fair  a 
promise,  whose  riper  years  so  fully  redeemed  the  pledge. 


[One  who  knew  Mrs.  Putnam  all  her  life  writes  thus  of  her  :] 

She  was  a  most  engaging  child.  Bright  and  intelligent,  always 
lovely  and  sweet  tempered,  and  as  simple  and  unconscious  as  she  was 
charming,  she  was  the  delight  and  comfort  of  her  friends.  After  her 
sister's  death,*  when  she  was  twelve  years  old,  she  became  more 

*  Frances  Elizabeth,  eldest  child  of  Professor  and  Mrs.  William  Chamberlain, 
born  at  Hanover,  October  4,  1824  ;  died  there  January  17,  1842. 


APPENDIX.  79 

closely  the  companion  of  her  mother,  but  this  happy  intercourse  was 
ended  all  too  soon,  for  in  March,  1848,  the  large-hearted,  tender 
mother  was  called  away  after  a  brief  illness.  Her  marriage  to  Pro- 
fessor Putnam  took  place  in  August,  1851.  Seldom  could  two  persons 
be  found  more  fitted  for  one  another.  Refined  and  cultivated — 
warm-hearted,  earnest  Christians — they  presided  over  their  home  and 
dispensed  its  hospitalities  for  twelve  happy  years.  "The  heart  of 
her  husband  safely  trusted  in  her,"  and  she  was  what  he  called  her — 
"  God's  wonderful  gift  to  him."  When  he  was  obliged  by  failing 
health  to  travel,  the  change  and  rest  were  almost  as  important  for  her 
as  for  him.  Their  pleasant  home  was  broken  up,  and,  each  anxious 
for  the  other,  they  went  forth  hopefully,  if  not  confidently.  When  he 
was  suddenly  prostrated  in  a  foreign  land,  where  neither  of  them  was 
familiar  with  the  language,  her  courage  rose  with  the  occasion,  and 
she  was  his  nurse  and  comforter  for  six  anxious  weeks.  As  he  was 
able  to  listen,  she  read  from  their  only  book,  the  Bible,  and  cheered 
the  wakeful  hours  of  the  night  with  hymns,  with  which  her  memory 
was  stored.  "I  bless  your  mother  for  teaching  you  hymns  in  your 
childhood,"  he  was  wont  to  say.  For  six  months  after  her  return  she 
was  able  to  go  in  and  out  among  us,  and  then  began  to  fail  steadily, 
though  retaining  a  generous  interest  in  all  about  her,  and  even  keep- 
ing her  characteristic  playful  humor  to  the  very  end.  On  September 
6th  she  sank  into  unconsciousness,  and  through  all  that  night  every 
breath  was  like  the  sob  of  a  grieved  and  tired  child. 

"  But  when  the  sun  in  all  his  state 

Illumed  the  Eastern  skies  ; 
She  passed  through  Glory's  morning  gate, 
And  walked  in  Paradise." 

As  the  morning  rays  entered  her  room,  the  summons  came,  as  if 
an  angel  spake,  "  The  Master  is  come  and  calleth  for  thee."  And  at 
the  word  her  eyes  opened  wide,  and  shone  with  a  depth  and  brilliancy 
indescribable,  her  lips  parted  with  a  joyful  smile,  and  she  was  borne 
from  our  sight  "  through  the  gates  into  the  city."  The  lovely,  glad 
look  remained  till  we  laid  her  down  by  him  she  loved  so  well. 


The  house  purchased  by  Professor  BROWN,  in  1851,  remained  the 
home  of  the  family  until  the  removal  from  Hanover  in  1868.  When 
he  took  possession  of  it  his  household  included,  besides  his  wife,  her 
son  and  his  own  three  children,  his  mother  and  his  only  sister, 
as  well  as  his  cousin,  his  mother's  niece.  In  this  house  four  other 
children  were  born  to  him,  and  here  his  mother  and  two  of  his  chil- 
dren died.  The  others  referred  to  are  all  still  living. 


8O  APPENDIX. 


VI. 

AMONG  the  special  tokens  of  friendship  and  good -will  which  gave 
Dr.  BROWN  deep  pleasure  at  various  times  in  his  professional  life, 
those  that  marked  his  departure  from  Hanover  and  his  resigna- 
tion of  the  Presidency  of  Hamilton  College  were  particularly  note- 
worthy. In  the  summer  of  1867  the  graduating  class  at  Dartmouth 
presented  him  with  a  massive  chair  of  black  walnut,  bearing  the  words 
"  Dartmouth,  '67"  carved  on  its  back.  The  same  summer  was 
marked  by  the  gift  of  a  handsome  salver  and  water-pitcher,  with  cut- 
glass  goblets,  a  token  of  remembrance  from  his  warm  friends  in  Han- 
over. The  class  of  1881  at  Hamilton  presented  to  him  a  fine  set  of 
Mrs.  Jameson's  works.  No  such  gift  touched  him  more  deeply  than 
the  last,  which  is  described  in  the  following  memorandum,  written  by 
himself,  and  carefully  preserved  with  other  relics  of  the  occasion  : 

UTICA,  January  4,  1882. 

MEMORANDUM  : 

This  scarlet  bag  (tied  with  a  white -satin  ribbon,  and  inclosed  in  a  paste- 
board box),  with  the  accompanying  notes,  was  brought  to  me  in  the  early  even- 
ing of  January  2  (Monday,  New  Year's  Day),  1882,  by  Mrs.  John  P.  Gray,  of 
Utica.  We  were  then  at  "The  Waverly,"  No.  372  Genesee  Street.  It  was 
handed  to  me  as  a  New  Year's  gift  from  a  few  friends. 

The  bag  contained  one  half-eagle,  three  eagles,  fifty  double-eagles,  and  two 
ten-dollar  and  one  five-dollar  bank  bills. 

As  soon  as  I  know  the  names  of  the  friends  from  whom  this  munificent  gift 
was  received  I  shall  record  them,  so  that  my  children  may  always  remember 
them.*  S.  G.  B. 

N.  B. — To  this  was  subsequently  added  five  eagles  not  received  in  season  to 
be  placed  in  the  bag. 

This  gift  was  accompanied  by  a  graceful  note  from  Mrs.  John  P. 
Gray,  and  by  the  following  letter  from  the  Hon.  W.  J.  Bacon,  LL.D., 
representing  the  donors  : 

UTICA,  January  2,  1882. 

REV.  S.  G.  BROWN,  D.D., 

DEAR  SIR  :  In  the  continued  absence  of  Dr.  Gray  at  Washington,  there  has 
been  assigned  to  me  the  pleasant  duty  of  making  the  presentation  which  ac- 
companies this  letter.  .  . 

They  [your  friends]  believe,  as  I  assuredly  do,  that  in  the  positions  you  have 
hitherto  held,  and  not  less  clearly  in  the  conspicuous  one  you  have  just  left,  you 

*  This  list  was  afterward  received. 


APPENDIX.  8 1 

have  done  a  great  and  noble  work  for  classical  culture,  finished  scholarship, 
manly  development,  and  Christian  education. 

Believing  this,  they  ask  your  acceptance  of  the  accompanying  gift,  as  ex- 
pressive of  their  faith  in  the  things  you  have  already  accomplished,  and  their 
hope  that  something  more  on  the  same  plane,  or  on  lines  coincident  and  par- 
allel, yet  remains  for  you  to  do. 

Wishing  you  and  yours,  now  and  for  many  years  to  come,  a  Happy  New 
Year,  I  remain,  as  ever, 

Most  faithfully  and  affectionately  yours, 

WM.  J.  BACON. 


VII. 

THE  Memorial  Window  commemorating  President  Francis  Brown 
occupied  much  of  his  son's  thought  during  the  latter  months  of  his 
life.  With  filial  loyalty  and  careful  attention  to  details  he  supervised 
the  execution  of  the  cherished  plan  ;  he  selected  the  place  of  manu- 
facture, approved  the  design,  transmitted  the  measurements,  and  ar- 
ranged for  the  reception  of  the  window  in  New  York.  It  arrived  in 
this  country  and  was  placed  in  the  Rollins  Chapel  of  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege only  a  few  weeks  after  his  death.  Toward  his  relative  and  friend, 
his  father's  namesake,  who  generously  assumed  the  entire  expense, 
his  gratitude  was  sincere  and  deep.  The  following  description  of  the 
window  has  been  published,  with  that  of  the  other  memorial  windows  in 
the  Chapel,  by  President  Bartlett  : 

[From  The  Dartmouth,  March  5,  1886 :] 

"  The  window  of  President  Francis  Brown  is  the  gift  of  Hon.  Francis 
Brown  Stockbridge,  of  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  It  was  made  by  F.  X.  Zettler,  at 
the  Royal  Bavarian  Stained  Glass  Works  in  Munich — another  of  the  most 
celebrated  manufactories  of  Europe.  It  contains  but  a  single  figure,  the 
Apostle  John.  He  stands,  his  head  encircled  by  the  customary  nimbus  of 
the  saints,  his  right  hand  raised  in  the  mode  of  the  Latin  benediction,  viz.,  the 
thumb  and  two  fingers  open  and  straight,  the  third  and  little  fingers  bent,  the 
open  fingers  being  said  to  symbolize  the  three  persons  of  the  Trinity,  the  closed 
fingers  the  two  natures  of  Christ.  In  his  left  hand  the  apostle  holds  the  tra- 
ditional chalice  with  the  serpent,  referring,  doubtless,  to  the  alleged  ineffectual 
attempts  to  destroy  his  life  and  the  promises  of  Christ,  Mark  xvi.  18.  His 
tunic  is  of  the  traditional  green,  with  red  drapery,  his  attitude  graceful,  and 
the  expression  of  his  countenance  benign  and  spiritual,  and,  as  is  customary, 
of  almost  feminine  beauty.  The  figure  may  be  regarded  as  a  fine  rendering 
nearly  of  the  traditional  representation  of  the  apostle.  It  will  bear  inspection 
as  a  work  of  art,  while  the  entire  effect  of  the  window,  as  viewed  at  some  dis- 
tance, is  bright  and  striking." 

6 


82  APPENDIX. 


VIII. 

Two  members  of  the  Dartmouth  Faculty,  with  both  of  whom  Dr. 
BROWN  was  long  associated,  passed  away  after  his  death  and  before 
the  close  of  the  year  1885. 

DANIEL  JAMES  NOYES,  D.D.,  was  born  at  Springfield,  N.  H., 
September  17,  1812;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1832,  and  at 
Andover  Theological  Seminary  in  1836.  He  was  tutor  at  Dartmouth 
College  from  1836  to  1837  ;  ordained  to  the  Congregational  Ministry 
May  3,  1837  ;  Pastor  of  the  South  Church,  Concord,  N.  H.,  from  1837 
to  1849  ;  Professor  of  Theology  at  Dartmouth  College  from  1850  to 
1870,  and  of  Intellectual  and  Moral  Philosophy  and  Political  Econ- 
omy from  1870  to  1883,  and  Professor  Emeritus  of  the  same  from 
1883  to  1885.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  the 
University  of  Vermont  in  1853.  He  died  at  Chester,  N.  H.,  Decem- 
ber 23,  1885,  and  was  buried  at  Hanover,  N.  H. 


EDWIN  DAVID  SANBORN,  LL.D.,  was  born  at  Gilmanton,  N.  H., 
May  14,  1808  ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1832  ;  studied  at 
Andover  Theological  Seminary  from  1834  to  1835  ;  was  tutor  at  Dart- 
mouth College  in  1835,  Professor  of  the  Latin  and  Greek  Languages 
from  1835  to  1837,  and  of  the  Latin  Language  and  Literature  from  1837 
to  1859.  From  1859  to  1863  he  was  Professor  of  Classical  Literature 
and  History  in  the  Washington  University,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  ;  from  1863 
to  1880,  Professor  of  Oratory  and  Belles-Lettres  at  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege ;  from  1880  to  1882,  Professor  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  and  English 
Language  and  Literature  ;  and  from  1882  to  1885,  Professor  Emeritus 
of  the  same.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  the 
University  of  Vermont  in  1859,  and  from  Dartmouth  College  in  1879. 
He  died  in  New  York  City,  December  29,  1885,  and  was  buried  at 
Hanover,  N.  H. 


IX. 

IT  is  a  pleasure  to  make  particular  mention,  in  this  Memorial,  of  two  of  Dr. 
BROWN'S  predecessors  in  the  Presidency  of  Hamilton  College  :  Dr.  Fisher,  whom 
he  immediately  succeeded,  and  with  whom  his  intercourse  for  four  years  was  fre- 
quent and  pleasant,  and  Dr.  North,  the  fifth  President,  whose  retired  life  at  Clin- 
ton did  not  prevent  him  from  being  to  Dr.  BROWN  a  wise  and  trusted  counsellor 
and  friend. 

SIMEON  NORTH,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  was  born  at  Berlin,  Conn.,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1802  ;  graduated   at   Yale  College   in  1825,  and  at  Yale 


APPENDIX.  83 

Divinity  School  in  1828  ;  tutor  in  Yale  College  from  1827  to  1829  ; 
Professor  of  the  Greek  and  Latin  Languages  in  Hamilton  College 
from  1829  to  1839,  and  President  of  Hamilton  College  from  1839  to 
1857.  He  was  ordained  at  Winfield,  N.  Y.,  by  the  Oneida  Associa- 
tion, in  May,  1842.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from 
Western  Reserve  College  in  1842,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from 
Wesleyan  University  in  1849.  He  was  a  Trustee  of  Hamilton  College 
from  1839  until  his  death,  and  of  Auburn  Theological  Seminary  from 
1840  to  1849.  He  died  on  College  Hill,  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  February  9, 
1884. 

SAMUEL  WARE  FISHER,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  was  born  at  Morristown, 
N.  J.,  April  5,  1814  ;  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1835  ;  studied  at 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary  from  1836  to  1837,  and  from  1837  at 
Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York,  where  he  was  graduated  in 
1839  ;  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Newark,  in  April,  1839,  at 
West  Bloomfield,  N.  J.  ;  was  Pastor  there  from  1839  to  1843,  in 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  over  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church,  from  1843  to 
1846,  in  Cincinnati,  O.,  over  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  from 
1846  to  1858  ;  President  of  Hamilton  College  from  1858  to  1867,  and 
Pastor  of  the  Westminster  Presbyterian  Church,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  from 
1867  to  1871.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from 
Miami  University  in  1852,  and  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  City  of  New  York  in  1866.  In  1857  he  was  chosen 
Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
(N.  S.)-  He  was  a  Trustee  of  Hamilton  College  from  1858  to  1871, 
and  of  Auburn  Theological  Seminary  from  1860  to  1871.  He  died, 
after  a  long  illness,  at  College  Hill,  Ohio,  January  18,  1874. 


X. 

[The  following  extract  from  one  of  Dr.  BROWN'S  own  addresses  finds  an  ap- 
propriate place  in  this  Memorial.  It  commemorates  one  who  was  long  a  colleague 
of  Dr.  BROWN  at  Dartmouth,  and  who  passed  out  of  this  life  as  instantaneously 
and  tranquilly  as  he ;  it  expresses  his  own  thought  of  sudden  death  some  years 
before  the  sermon  on  Albert  Barnes  was  preached,  to  which  Professor  Hopkins, 
in  his  address,  so  fittingly  alludes  ;  it  notes  the  unexampled  closeness  with  which 
one  College  officer  had  just  followed  another,  a  closeness  doubly  paralleled  in  the 
last  two  months  of  1885;  *  finally,  written  in  stirring  times,  but  for  a  purpose 
which  forbade  the  discussion  of  public  issues,  its  last  words  are  profoundly  char- 
acteristic of  the  speaker  himself,  in  their  chastened  self-restraint,  their  lofty 
courage,  their  steadfast  and  dauntless  loyalty. 

*  See  Appendix  VIII. 


84  APPENDIX. 

It  consists  of  the  closing  paragraphs  of  the  "  Discourse  Commemorative  of 
Charles  Brickett  Haddock,  D.D.,"  *  delivered  before  the  Faculty  and  students 
of  Dartmouth  College,  April  19,  1861  :] 

HE  had  passed  the  middle  point  of  life,  and  was  on  the  declining 
side.  Yet  who  thought  of  him  as  being  old  ?  Who  would  have  spoken 
of  him  as  verging  toward  threescore  and  ten  ?  Who,  at  first  thought, 
would  have  classed  him  with  the  elders  of  the  congregation  ?  His 
sympathies  were  with  the  young.  He  entered  into  their  hopes,  and 
solicitudes,  and  wishes,  as  if  he  were  one  of  them.  He  had,  indeed,  a 
peculiar  power  of  adapting  himself  to  almost  every  variety  of  person 
or  condition,  but  of  the  young  he  was  never  over-exacting,  nor  dis- 
posed to  limit  their  activity  or  their  enjoyment  by  what  was  suitable 
to  himself. 

His  eye  was  hardly  dim ;  his  natural  force  was  hardly  abated  ;  his 
step  was  firm  ;  his  countenance  was  healthful  ;  his  spirits  equable — 
never  unduly  elated,  never  greatly  depressed.  As  you  saw  him  once, 
you  saw  him  always.  You  did  not  naturally  associate  with  him  the 
idea  of  feebleness,  or  sickness,  or  death,  but  rather  of  a  mild,  peace- 
ful, protracted  life.  The  more  startling  the  shock  of  that  unexpected 
announcement  that  he  was  gone  ! 

From  one  of  his  publications,  his  Eulogy  on  President  Harrison, 
I  cannot  help  quoting  a  few  words,  because  they  are  so  appropriate  to 
our  present  thoughts  : 

To  death  we  cannot  look  forward  with  unconcern.  No  one  can  think  of 
meeting  it  carelessly  and  without  preparation.  Its  import  is  too  grave  and 
weighty,  its  consequences  too  lasting  and  momentous.  One  might  wish,  in- 
deed, to  shun  the  corporal  pang,  the  pain  of  dying,  the  undescribed  anguish  of 
the  last  conflict ;  and  we  sometimes  idly  covet  the  fate  of  those  whom  death 
surprises,  and  by  an  unfelt  blow  summons  from  the  midst  of  life  without  op- 
portunity to  suffer  or  to  fear.  But,  upon  second  thought,  who  would  not  choose 
to  be  forewarned  ?  Who  would  consent  to  be  precipitated  upon  eternal  scenes, 
to  take  no  leave  of  life,  no  deliberate  farewell  to  the  cheerful  sun,  and 
thoughtful  moon,  and  patient  earth ;  to  forego  the  last  embrace  of  those  we 
love,  the  longing,  lingering  look  of  departing  affection  ?  Who  would  lose  the 


*  Dr.  Haddock  was  the  son  of  William  and  Abigail  Eastman  (Webster)  Had- 
dock, and  was  born  at  Franklin,  N.  H.,  June  20,  1796  ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
in  1816,  Professor  of  Rhetoric  there  from  1819  to  1838,  and  of  Intellectual  Philos- 
ophy and  Political  Economy  from  1838  to  1854.  He  had  studied  two  years  at  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary  with  the  class  of  1819,  and  was  ordained  to  the  Con- 
gregational Ministry,  November  3, 1824,  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  but  was  never  a  settled 
pastor.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Bowdoin  College  in 
1843.  He  died  suddenly  at  his  home  in  West  Lebanon,  N.  H. ,  January  15,  1861. 


APPENDIX.  85 

opportunity  of  his  latest  hour  for  assuring  himself  of  peace  with  Heaven,  and 
preparation  for  the  limitless  and  awful  future  ?  It  is  one  of  the  great  common 
mercies  of  Providence,  that  we  are  brought  down  to  the  grave  by  lingering  dis- 
ease ;  wearisome  days  and  nights  of  pain  are  appointed  to  us  in  mercy. 

These  are  his  words,  not  mine.  They  linger  as  if  he  spoke  them, 
but  how  fit  to  lead  our  thoughts  on  this  occasion  !  It  would  seem  that 
the  sudden,  unwarned  death  which  was  to  release  him  from  the  world 
was  not  that  which  he  coveted,  was  not  that  which  he  thought  most 
suitable  to  a  change  so  grand  and  solemn.  Yet  it  seems  to  me  that, 
though  not  to  be  deliberately  chosen,  this  sudden,  unexpected,  pain- 
less translation,  from  this  lower  to  a  higher  sphere,  was  much  in 
accordance  with  the  tranquil  tenor  of  his  life.  He  was  not  unmind- 
ful of  advancing  years,  and,  on  the  very  day  of  his  departure,  spoke  of 
himself  as  having  advanced  to  that  period  of  life  when  one  must  not 
expect  to  be  free  from  sickness,  and  might  at  any  time  be  taken  away. 
This  was  but  the  natural  suggestion  of  a  thoughtful  mind,  since,  to 
the  inquiry  whether  he  did  not  feel  well,  he  replied,  "  Never  better," 
and  congratulated  himself  on  having  enjoyed  such  excellent  health. 

There  is  but  one  scene  more  ! — a  mild,  clear,  placid  winter  day  ; 
a  gathering  assembly,  hushed  and  sorrow-stricken  ;  an  extended  form, 
replete  with  manly  beauty,  untouched  by  disease,  unmarked  by  suffer- 
ing, slumbering  as  in  natural  repose.  There  was  no  shock,  no  tremu- 
lous jar,  no  violence,  no  cry,  no  anguish,  when  all  the  wheels  of  that 
life,  without  premonition,  quietly  stood  still ! 


In  a  public  institution,  whose  life  is  perpetuated  from  age  to  age, 
as  in  every  organic  body,  there  is  constant  change.  One  goeth  and 
another  cometh, — and  so  the  marked  features  of  its  character  are  handed 
down  from  one  generation  to  another,  or  changed  slowly  and  without 
violence.  It  never  before  happened  in  the  history  of  our  College,  that 
the  two  oldest  of  its  recent  officers — one  venerable  for  age  almost 
patriarchal,  whom  the  ear  blessed  when  it  heard  him,  and  to  whom 
the  eye  gave  witness  when  it  saw  him  * — both  gratefully  remembered 


*  Rev.  Dr.  Shurtleff,  who  died,  at  Hanover,  February  4,  1861,  at  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty-seven.  [Roswell  Shurtleff,  D.  D. ,  was  born  at  Ellington ,  Conn. ,  August 
29, 1773  ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1799,  was  tutor  there  from  1800  to  1804, 
Professor  of  Theology  from  1804  to  1827,  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy  and  Po- 
litical Economy  from  1827  to  1838,  and  Professor  Emeritus  of  the  same  from  1838 
to  1861.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  the  University  of 
Vermont  in  1834.  His  term  of  actual  service  as  instructor  has  been  exceeded  by 
only  one  in  the  Academical  Faculty,  that  of  Professor  Sanborn  (1835-1859,  1863- 
1882,  forty-three  years),  and  by  only  one  other  in  any  Faculty,  that  of  Professor 


86  APPENDIX. 

for  a  public  service  longer  than  has  fallen  to  the  lot  of  any  of  their 
colleagues — should  have  been  taken  away  within  three  weeks  of  each 
other.  Yet,  though  taken  away,  they  still  survive,  still  beckon  us 
along  the  paths  of  learning  and  religion,  still  teach  us  by  their  words 
and  their  lives. 

We  have  fallen  upon  days  when  there  will  be  required  a  discipline, 
surely  not  less  rigorous,  not  less  exacting,  not  less  comprehensive,  not 
less  complete  and  generous,  than  in  the  past, — when  principles  are  to 
be  tested,  when  there  may  be  demanded,  not  "  a  fugitive  and  cloistered 
virtue,  unexercised  and  unbreathed,"  but  a  virtue  which  sallies  forth 
to  meet  its  adversary,  and  leaps  forward  to  the  race,  "  where  that  im- 
mortal garland  is  to  be  run  for,  not  without  dust  and  heat."  This  dis- 
cipline, this  virtue,  may  the  College  ever  supply,  though  one  after 
another  of  its  revered  and  saintly  masters  drop  from  its  honored  roll ! 
May  it  never  fail  in  any  of  its  high  functions  !  May  it  always  meet 
the  claims  of  the  State  and  of  the  Church,  ever  moving  onward,  sup- 
ported by  its  children  and  friends,  and  under  the  protecting  smiles  of 
Heaven ! 

O.  P.  Hubbard  (1836-1883,  forty-seven  years),  whose  name  still  appears  in  the 
list  of  the  Faculty  as  Professor  Emeritus,  whose  precise  scholarship  and  ripe  judg- 
ment are  still  actively  employed  for  the  College  in  the  office  of  Overseer  of  the 
Thayer  School  of  Civil  Engineering,  and  whose  many  friends  may  well  hope  that 
his  entire  term  of  connection  with  the  College,  already  fifty  years,  will  more  than 
rival  that  of  Dr.  Shurtleff. 

Professor  Haddock  was  Charge  d'Affaires  in  Portugal  from  1851  to  1855,  but 
did  not  resign  his  Professorship  till  1854  ;  his  term  of  active  service  as  instructor 
in  the  College  thus  appears  on  the  catalogue  as  thirty-five  years.  This  has  been 
equalled  by  Dr.  Nathan  Lord,  whose  Presidency  covered  thirty-five  years  (1828- 
1863),  after  he  had  already  served  as  Trustee  from  1821 ;  approached  by  Professor 
Noyes  (see  Appendix  VIII.)  ;  surpassed  by  those  named  earlier  in  this  note,  by  the 
Presidency  of  John  Wheelock,  LL.D.  (1779-1815),  thirty-six  years,  and  also  in 
the  Medical  Faculty  by  Professor  Edmund  Randolph  Peaslee,  M.D.,  LL.D.. 
(1842-1878),  thirty-six  years. 

Other  noteworthy  terms  of  instruction  at  Dartmouth  have  been  those  of  Alpheus 
Crosby,  A.M.  (tutor,  1828-1831,  Professor,  1833-1849,  Emeritus,  1849-1874),  forty- 
four  years  in  all,  nineteen  active  ;  Dixi  Crosby,  M.D., LL.D.  (Professor  in  the  Med- 
ical Faculty,  1838-1870,  Emeritus,  1870-1874),  thirty-six  years  in  all,  thirty-two  ac- 
tive ;  Edward  Elisha  Phelps,  M.D.,  LL.D.  (Professor  in  the  Medical  Faculty, 
1842-1875,  Emeritus,  1875-1880),  thirty-eight  years  in  all,  thirty-three  active.] 


INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Adams,  Rev.  F.  A. ,  Letter  from 61 

Adams,   Rev.  F.  A. ,  Letter  to 62 

Administration  at  Hamilton,  Events  of 46 

Bacon,  Hon.  W.  J. ,  Memorial  by 31 

Barnes,  Rev.  Albert,  Sermon  on  g 

Bartlett,  President  S.  C,  Address  by ...,  17 

Bowdoin  College,   Memorial  from  Faculty  of 41 

Brown,  Arthur  V.  V 70 

Brown,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 68 

Brown,  President  Francis 64 

Brown,  President  Francis,  Memorial  Window  to 81 

Brown,  Francis  (son  of  foregoing) 70 

Brown,  Helen  D 72 

Brown,  Rev.  Thomas  J.,  Remarks  by 35 

Chamberlain,  Frances  E 78 

Chamberlain,  Mrs.  Sarah  L 75 

Chamberlain,  Professor  William 74 

Chapman,  Professor  Henry  L. ,  Remarks  by 24 

Chi  Alpha,  Memorial  from 42 

Choate,  Rufus,  Letter  from 65 

Club,  The,  Memorial  from 44 

Dartmouth  Alumni,  Memorials  from 44 

Dartmouth  College,  Memorial  from  Faculty  of 41 

Fisher,  President  Samuel  W 83 

Fisher,   Rev.  William  P. ,  Letter  from 50 

Friendship,  Noteworthy  Tokens  of 80 

Funeral  Services 5 

Oilman,  Samuel 68 

Oilman,  Rev.  Tristram 68 

Haddock,  Professor  Charles  B 84 

Hamilton  College,  Memorial  from  Faculty  of 40 

Hanover,  Home  in 74,  76,  79 

Hartley,  Rev.  Isaac  S. ,  Letter  from 48 

Hopkins,  Professor  A.  Grosvenor,  Address  by 9 

Leeds,  Rev.  Samuel  P. ,  Remarks  by 22 

Letters,  Extracts  from 58 

Lord,  President  Nathan 68 

Newspapers,  Extracts  from 52 

Noyes,  Professor  Daniel  J 82 

North,  Professor  Edward,  Notice  by 46 

North,  President  Simeon 82 

Oneida  Historical  Society,  Memorial  from 43 

Packard,  Professor  Alpheus  S 50 

Parker,  Professor  Henry  E. ,  Notice  by 28 

Presbytery  of  Utica,  Memorial  from 43 

Publications 63 

Putnam,  Professor  John  N 76 

Putnam,  Mrs.  Sarah  G 78 

Sanborn,  Professor  Edwin  D 82 

Shurtleff,  Professor  Roswell 85 

Sketch,  Introductory 3 

Smith,  President  Asa  D 75 


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